Bishop Middleham War Memorial

The memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade II*-listed), to the north of the church and overlooking Church Street. It comprises a dark polished granite wheel-head cross, rising from a tapering, square, plinth with a granite base. The memorial is set on a two-stepped sandstone base.

The principal dedicatory inscription is inscribed into the north face of the plinth, reading TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ BISHOP MIDDLEHAM/ AND MAINSFORTH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. Below on the base is carved “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.” The First World War names are inscribed on the remaining faces of the plinth. The Second World War sandstone tablet, in the form of a book, lies on the south side of the cross, set into the stepped base. It is inscribed ALSO THE FOLLOWING WHO DIED ON ACTIVE/ SERVICE DURING THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 1945 (8 NAMES).

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 February 2017.