Wold Newton War Memorial

War memorial, erected 1921, carved by John Thompson and Sons of Peterborough.

MATERIALS: Clipsham limestone.

The Wold Newton War Memorial is situated opposite the gateway to The Manor. The memorial stands 8ft 6in tall, raised on an elliptical-plan tamped chalk chippings base covered with soil and fronted by a low curved concrete block wall, with cast-iron cruciform railings. It comprises a square pedestal with carved upper corners, the upper surface of which has chamfered edges and forms an octagonal plinth. A tapered shaft with a square base rises from the plinth; the edges of the shaft have been chamfered and stopped to form eight facets, with a shaft ring and a faceted cushion capitol surmounted by a Latin cross. The cross has a shield inscribed with the Christian monogram HIS at the intersection; the edges have hollow chamfers, with four Tudor florets draped into the chamfers.

The names of the Fallen are inscribed and filled with fine lead lettering on the NW face of the pedestal. The inscription reads:

PRO DEO / PRO PATRIA / 1914 – 1918 / GEORGE COCKRILL / ARTHUR DIXON / CYRIL COMPTON JACKSON / HAROLD KING / 1900 / CHARLES SMITH SOUTH AFRICA.

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 January 2017.