Clifton War Memorial

First World War Memorial, 1920.

DESCRIPTION: Clifton War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the south-west of the Grade II-listed Church of St Philip and St James and adjacent to the churchyard wall, railings and gate, which are also Grade II-listed. A number of other Grade II-listed buildings are also in the vicinity of the memorial.

The memorial is of Portland stone and takes the form of an ornamental cross fleurée, which incorporates trefoil detail between the cross arms and an inset lozenge panel to the centre of the cross with a floral motif carved in shallow relief. This crowns a tapering, octagonal shaft with a moulded collar and square foot with inverted chamfer stops. The shaft rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth with a chamfered foot, which surmounts a single-step, square base. Each face of the plinth has an inset fielded panel containing the inscription or names in incised lettering, painted black.

The main inscription is on the south-west face of the plinth and reads THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ CLIFTON AS A LASTING/ TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY/ AND DEVOTION OF THE/ MEN OF THE PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 WHOSE NAMES/ ARE INSCRIBED HEREON. Directly below to the foot of the plinth are the dates 1914 – 1919. The names of the 48 servicemen who died are recorded on the remaining three faces of the plinth, including their rank and regiment.