Tilton on the Hill War Memorial

First World War memorial, unveiled on 4 July 1920 by Major Dawson.

MATERIALS: Castle Hill Granite

PLAN: rectangular in plan.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands in a prominent location adjacent to the path leading to the S porch of the Church of St Peter (listed at Grade I, NHLE1074839). The memorial comprises a single-stepped rectangular base below a tapering rectangular sectioned plinth, with a slightly tapering rectangular sectioned shaft surmounted by an infilled wheel cross. In relief on the face of the cross is a sword of sacrifice.

At the base of the shaft is the leaded inscription TO THE/ GLORY/ OF GOD. On the E face of the plinth the inscription reads IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 and below are the 12 names of those men of the parish who lost their lives.

The memorial stands approximately 10m W of a listed and scheduled churchyard cross (NHLE 1014517 and NHLE 1360999).

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.