Crawshawbooth War Memorial

First World War memorial of 1920, relocated in 2010, with additional names of the Second World War, by HA Paley of Austin and Paley, for the Brooks family.

MATERIALS: buff sandstone.

PLAN: hexagonal, on three hexagonal steps.

DESCRIPTION: a fleury cross, with laurel-wreath wheel-head and a slender, tapering, chamfered shaft. The hexagonal foot is enhanced with blind tracery. Each face of the base comprises a panel, framed by columns, a cusped round arch and an inscribed band above, and rising from a chamfered plinth. The band is inscribed with Gothic lettering in relief. This reads:

THEY COUNTED/ NOT THEIR LIVES/ DEAR UNTO/ THEMSELVES -/ THEIR REWARD/ IS SURE

Four of the panels have a carved inscription in relief, bearing the names of the Fallen (numbering 24). The names are listed in alphabetical order, with six names on each of the four panels. The names are worn, in places indecipherable. One panel contains a relief carving of a garlanded laurel wreath. The remaining panel contains the carved dedication in relief. This reads:

ERECTED/ IN HONOUR OF/ THE MEMBERS OF/ ST: JOHN’S CH:/ WHO FELL/ IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1918

Beneath this panel the upper face of the plinth is incised with the dates of the Second World War. The other five faces display the names of the Fallen of that conflict in alphabetical order, numbering nine in total.