Lucker War Memorial

The memorial stands in the road junction opposite The Old Vicarage and the Old Vicarage’s Garden Walls, Gatepiers, and Gates (all Grade II-listed). The tall memorial, more than 5m tall and made in Doddington Sandstone, comprises an equal-armed cross rising from a gabled pillar. The pillar is square in section, with a blind arch to each side. The pillar stands on a three-stage base, which stands on a step.

The upper stage of the base, ornamented around the top with carved cusps of foliage, bears the principal dedicatory inscription with a phrase carved into each face.

(north face) THIS CROSS THE/ SIGN OF OUR FAITH/ WAS RAISED/ (west face) IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF THESE MEN/ (south face) WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN DEFENCE OF/ RIGHTEOUSNESS/ (east face) AND FREEDOM/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919.

The commemorated First World War names are incised into the faces of the middle stage, with at the foot of the east face the dates 1939 – 1945. Below this the three Second World War names are incised into the face of the lowest stage of the base. The First World War names are placed on the face that was closest to where each person lived.

Originally on a grassy triangle, the memorial now stands on a circular pavement and is enclosed by a spiked chain that hangs from low posts.

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, 23 November 2017.