Wrangle War Memorial

The war memorial stands in a small circular island at the junction of Church Lane and Church End,close to the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas(Grade I)and to the Old Vicarage(Grade II*).It is a Calvary cross of Weldon Stone.The cross is raised on a three-stepped base,octagonal in plan,surmounted by an octagonal plinth.The base of the cross is formed by a pyramidal pedestal from which rises the cross shaft,octagonal in section to the moulded collar,surmounted by a hooded Calvary scene.The figure of Christ on the cross is carved on the western face with the Madonna and Child on the eastern side of the cross head.Both the plinth and the top step of the base are inscribed on four sides with black painted incised lettering.On the west faces the inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN GRATEFUL/AND UNDYING MEMORY/OF THE 27 MEN FROM/ WRANGLE/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919./AND IN HONOUR OF ALL/THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR/KING AND COUNTRY./1939-1945/[NAMES].On the northern side names are inscribed followed by MAY THEY REST IN PEACE/AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/AND IN THE MORNING/WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.The eastern face has a list of names followed by LET LIGHT PERPETUAL/SHINE UPON THEM./AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN.The southern face records further names followed by REST ETERNAL GRANT TO/THEM O LORD./THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD/AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD.