Wall War Memorial

The memorial stands on the green in the centre of the village. It takes the form of a wheel-head cross in the Celtic style, in Robin Hood stone. The front face of the cross head is ornamented with five hemispherical bosses, whilst at the foot of the cross shaft a crown and other insignia are carved in low relief. The moulded foot of the cross shaft stands on a plinth, square on plan, formed of coursed, rusticated, stone blocks. The plinth stands on a stepped base.

Four granite plaques, one on each face of the plinth, record the inscriptions and names. On the front face the principal dedicatory inscription reads ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN/ HONOUR OF THE MEN OF WALL/ AND DISTRICT, WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919,/ OF WHOM THE FOLLOWING NINE/ GAVE THEIR LIVES, (NAMES)/ THEY JEOPARDISED THEIR LIVES/ UNTO THE DEATH. The other commemorated names are recorded on the remaining three plaques.

At the foot of the front face of the plinth the dates 1939 – 1945 are incised below the granite plaque, with the two Second World War names recorded below. The memorial is enclosed by a square kerb of stone from Black Pasture Quarry, which carries wrought iron railings.

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, 27 February 2017.