Middleton One Row St Laurence's War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1922, with Second World War and Iraq War additions.

MATERIALS: pink/grey conglomerate

The memorial is situated at the entrance to the former churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence. It takes the form of a free standing, roughly-hewn Celtic cross on a short, tapering shaft set upon a two-tiered pedestal, reached by two stone steps. A wreath and a sword (eroded) are carved in half relief over the crosspiece of the cross. The dedications and names are in applied lead lettering. The dedication to the fallen of the First World war is inscribed on the face of the shaft: SACRED/ TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF OUR MEN/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919. The names are in two columns separated by a vertical line below the dedication on the front face of the upper pedestal. The dedication to the fallen of the Second World War is on the left side of the upper pedestal and reads: TO/ THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ 1939-1946, (NAMES). The name of a single Royal Military Policeman who fell in Iraq in 2003 has been added to the riser of the lower pedestal.

This List entry has been amended to add the sources for War Memorials Online and North East War Memorials Project. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 12 September 2018.