Hackenthorpe War Memorial

War memorial commemorating the First World War and Second World War, constructed prior to 1933, designer unknown.

MATERIALS: stone, painted.

PLAN: a cross set on a square base, standing on a square plinth.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands adjacent to Christ Church. It takes the form of a white-painted stone Latin cross with a moulded foot standing on a high base. The cross is set on a square, chamfered plinth which is painted black. The front, north-west face of the cross is recessed with a moulded frame and relief-carved Gothic tracery detailing. A mandala in the centre of the cross head has the relief letters IHS intertwined and picked out in black. The foot of the shaft is supported on each side by a console bracket and stands on an elaborately moulded foot. The square base has chamfered corners with chamfer stops. The front, north face of the base has an incised inscription painted black which reads 1914 THE GREAT WAR 1919, with the first names, initials and surnames of seven men and the year they died below. Beneath is the inscription “THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE”. The left-hand, east side of the base has a black-painted inscription which reads 1939 WORLD WAR 1945 with the first names, initials and surnames of seven men and the year they died below.