Dunham Town War Memorial

A First World War memorial of c1930, by an unknown designer.

MATERIALS: buff sandstone.

PLAN: a square cross on a square base.

DESCRIPTION: standing in the churchyard of St Mark’s parish church, to the S of the church and directly opposite the lychgate into the churchyard.

The simple square-section cross has slight flaring to each arm, and a laurel wreath carved between the arms. It stands on a short, very slightly tapered plinth with moulding at its foot. This rests on the base, which is square in plan, but with ogee chamfers to create an octagonal upper surface. The incised inscription runs around the octagonal frieze just below this, and reads:

'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR'.

The S face is also inscribed with the dates 1914 and 1918, and the names of the 14 fallen of the First World War, arranged alphabetically and without rank. The W face is inscribed with the dates 1939 and 1945, and the five names of the fallen of the Second World War. The last of these has a first name which is in different lettering. The base rests on a square step.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 January 2017.