Daresbury War Memorial

The tall, stone, memorial stands in the north-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*-listed), in the intersection of two paths. It comprises a blind wheel-head cross rising from a tapering, octagonal, shaft. The quarters of the wheel-head are decorated with fleurs-de-lis carved in low relief. The moulded foot of the shaft stands on an octagonal plinth. The plinth is raised on a four-stepped, octagonal, base.

Plaques of a different, paler, stone are fixed to faces of the plinth and steps. The plaque on the south face of the plinth reads TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1919. The names of those who fell are listed on plaques on four of the flanking faces of the plinth.

The south-facing sides of the top step of the base bear an inscription reading THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE. In addition, the south face of the second step of the base bears the inscription 1939 – 1945, with the names of those who fell in the Second World War listed on two flanking plaques. All inscriptions are in metal letters attached to the plaques.