Chapel Hill War Memorial

MATERIALS: stone and concrete.

DESCRIPTION: Chapel Hill War Memorial is located within the churchyard of the former Holy Trinity Church; now a private residence (unlisted), and stands facing the North Forty Foot Bank Road which runs to the east of the memorial. It takes the form of a stone Latin Cross.

The memorial stands on a square of concrete, with a square base and a three-stage plinth. The tapering cross shaft is four-sided with chamfered corners.

INSCRIPTION: a prayer is inscribed in incised lettering around the top stage of the plinth, reading (east face): ‘LORD ALL PITYING’, (north face) ‘JESU BLEST’, (west face) ’GRANT THEM THINE’, (south face) ’ETERNAL REST/ AMEN’.

There are further inscriptions on the middle stage of the plinth. On the east face the inscription reads: 1914-1918/ IN LOYAL AND THANKFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISH WHOSE LIVES WERE GIVEN/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY. The later dedication, on the opposite face, reads: ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945. The names of those who died are recorded on the plinth faces.

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, 30 January 2018.