Poynton War Memorial

MATERIALS: granite.

DESCRIPTION: Poynton War Memorial comprises a Latin cross enriched with carved scrollwork decorative details on the cross and collar. The cross rises from a tall tapering octagonal shaft which stands on a square plinth and three-stepped base. The plinth carries the black leaded inscriptions.

The main dedication reads: TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD/ FOR THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF POYNTON/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. The names of those who lost their lives are inscribed on the sides of the plinth

Around the base are the following inscriptions: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF POYNTON/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ WHOEVER SHALL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT.

Set into the steps of the base are four rectangular inclined tablets dedicated to those who lost their lives during the Second World War. The dedicatory plaque reads: IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF POYNTON/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD,/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD;/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.

The memorial is surrounded by a low stone kerbed enclosure.