North Kilworth War Memorial

A First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920 and altered following the Second World War.

MATERIALS: Weldon stone; Derbyshire stone; Hopton Wood stone

DESCRIPTION: North Kilworth War Memorial is located on The Green, at the south end of the High Street, North Kilworth, Leicestershire. It is prominently situated in an octagonal railed enclosure on the open lawns of the green.

The memorial comprises an approximately 13-feet-high Weldon stone floriated wheel head cross on a tapering octagonal shaft with moulded collar and four-sided foot with relief-carved dedication at the bottom of the shaft, surmounting an octagonal plinth with recessed inscription panels of Hopton Wood stone. The plinth has chamfered upper edges and a moulded foot that sits atop a Derbyshire stone base and concrete foundation. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised and infilled lettering. The memorial is closely enclosed by octagonal plan paving and octagonal plan spiked railings with a gate.

The inscription is carved in relief on the cross shaft and the remainder incised and infilled around the plinth, and reads: (Cross shaft): THEIR/ NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE// (plinth): TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN/ TWO WORLD WARS/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)// (NAMES)// 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)// ALSO/ IN THANKFUL/ APPRECIATION/ OF THE/ SERVICES OF/ THE MEN FROM/ THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY// (NAMES)