Longholme Methodist Church War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: ashlar limestone

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located prominently in the churchyard, situated in front of the entrance of Longholme Methodist Church; it is set in the re-entrant angle between the main path and the pathway to the parsonage. It comprises a Bottony cross with a hexagonal splayed shaft, and cross-arms terminating in conical caps. Both the front and rear intersections of the cross have an intaglio carved rose. The cross is mounted on a fluted shaft that has a moulded round cornice and base that stands on a square capped pedestal, with canted sides and raised panels. The pedestal is placed upon a large round scotia and torus moulded base surrounded by white marble chippings, within a low square kerb, set between short conical posts. Two low steps with rounded corners project from the curb at the front of the memorial. The front (east) panel of the pedestal has an inscription that reads: IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING / MEMORY OF THE / LADS OF OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919. // "THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT / ARE LEFT GROW OLD, / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR YEARS CONDEMN". The rear panel (west) has an inscribed sprig of fronds tied by a ribbon, with an inscription below that reads: UNNAMED AT TIMES, AT TIMES UNKNOWN / OUR GRAVES LIE THICK BEYOND THE SEAS; / UNNAMED BUT NOT BY HIM UNKNOWN;- / "HE KNOWS; - HE SEES": The side panels record the names of the 20 Fallen of the First World War. A secondary tablet in the form of lectern with carved side panels and an un-rolled scroll, is situated at the foot of the pedestal, it is inscribed: 1939 - 1945 and records the 10 names of the Fallen of the Second World War. The tablet rests on the upper surface of the top step, at the front of the memorial.