Godley Hill War Memorial

The memorial stands at the west side of Godley Hill Road, set in a circular garden enclosed by low stone walls with access through black-painted metal gates to the front. In front of the memorial stands a white marble flower vase, on the front of which the dedication IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ THE FALLEN/ GODLEY HILL is inscribed.

The memorial takes the form of a two-stepped base, square on plan, supporting a plinth surmounted by a slender granite obelisk. The base is surrounded by a small rockery, standing on a circular platform. Low ornamental metal posts fixed in the platform’s kerb carry a chain around the memorial.

The principal dedicatory inscription incised into the front face of the plinth reads ERECTED/ IN HONOUR/ AND DEEP GRATITUDE/ TO THE/ MEN WHO FOUGHT/ FOR/ LIBERTY AND FREEDOM/ IN THE/ GREAT WORLD WAR./ 1914 - 1919. The riser of the upper stage of the base bears the inscription UNVEILED BY/ DANIEL ADAMSON ESQ/ OF LONGLANDS,/ JULY 17TH 1920. The riser of the lower stage bears the inscription WILLOUGHBY WILDE/ & SONS HYDE.

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.