War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard

First World War memorial, 1921, by Isaac Taylor of Taylor & Young, with Second World War dates added later. Portland stone cross with a bronze sword

The war memorial is located immediately to the south-west of the churchyard's Grade II listed entrance and to the north-east of the Grade I listed St Mary's Church. Its design is based upon Sir Reginald Blomfield's Cross of Sacrifice and consists of a stepped octagonal plinth surmounted by a tapering Portland-stone cross with a stepped base and a bronze sword affixed to the front (east) face. The war memorial's inscriptions are heavily weathered, but a carved band running around the top of the base with carved stylised lettering originally read 'In loving and thankful memory of the men of this Parish who died in the Great War'. An additional inscription on the east face in smaller lettering, which is now illegible, originally read 'The Souls of the Righteous are in the hands of God'. The base's west face displays the carved dates '1914-1919' and '1939-45' in stylised numerals.

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, 10 August 2017.