Claybrooke Parva War Memorial

The Claybrooke Parva War Memorial was erected around 1920, designed by Fosbrooke and Bedingfield, to commemorate the men of the parish who died in the First World War. A later addition records those who fell in the Second World War. The memorial is a square structure featuring a stone wheel-head cross embellished with interlaced carvings, set upon a tapering shaft and a square plinth that narrows as it rises. The entire monument stands upon a two-stepped base. A slate tablet on the front (east) face of the plinth bears a dedication remembering the men of the parish who lost their lives during the Great War (1914-1918), followed by a list of names. A second slate tablet on the base commemorates those who died in the Second World War (1939-1945), again with a list of names. A stone vase memorial, commemorating a local serviceman who died in Hong Kong in 1955, sits in front of the main war memorial.