Winton War Memorial

A First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: rough-hewn stone with dressed panels for the inscriptions.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial located within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene. It is in the form of a Celtic cross set on an angled plinth raised on a two-stepped base.

The plinth has three sunk panels with incised inscriptions. That to the front (south-west) face is inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE UNDERMENTIONED WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919. Beneath is inscribed: NURSE H TRENBATH followed by the names of 29 men in the form of first name, surname.

The south-east face is inscribed in similar fashion: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945 followed by the names of 23 men.

The north-west face is inscribed: 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 WILL REMEMBER THEM.