Knipton Memorial Cross

The war memorial stands in a small memorial garden enclosed by a wooden fence, in the southern end of the triangular green at the junction of Croxton Road and Nursery Lane. Approximately 5m tall, it comprises a stone wheel-head cross with floral terminals rising from a circular column. The column stands on a square plinth which itself stands on three square steps and a large, square, rubble-faced base.

A slate tablet on the front of the plinth carries the dedicatory inscription TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ KNIPTON WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD FOR THE/ VICTORY THEIR VALOUR HELPED TO/ WIN AND ALSO TO COMMEMORATE/ THE PATRIOTISM OF ALL FROM THIS/ VILLAGE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY. THIS MONUMENT IS SET/ UP BY THOSE WHO LOVE THEM/ AND ARE PROUD OF THEM.

Similar slate tablets on the remaining three sides of the plinth are carved with the commemorated names. A slate ledger stone on the base records the names from the Second World War.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 20 January 2017.