Fishtoft War Memorial

DESCRIPTION: Fishtoft War Memorial stands within a fenced area to the south-east of Fishtoft Playing Fields, adjacent to Fishtoft Road. It is constructed of local Clipsham stone in the form of a spired obelisk with a cross on the top, similar in design to war memorials by the same masons at Stickney and East Kirkby.

The memorial stands on a concrete platform and has an octagonal two-stepped base, with an additional prism-shaped stone set against the top step on the southern side for the Second World War inscription. Rising from the base is a four-sided plinth with canted top, on which stands the obelisk. The obelisk, square on plan, has octagonal columns against the four corners, each with an elaborate foliate capital, supporting a moulded arch forming a blind arcade to each side of the plinth. Rising from this is a tapering four-sided spire, topped by a foliate capital and a plain Latin cross.

The memorial includes the names of both those who died in the First World War, inscribed in black lettering on the southern face of the obelisk, and also those who served and returned, inscribed on the remaining three faces.

(south face) TO THE GLORY OF GOD &/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (11 NAMES)/ WOUNDED AND DISABLED/ (6 NAMES)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS”.

On the other three faces the inscription reads IN/ HONOUR OF THOSE WHO/ ALSO SERVED (NAMES). The Second World War inscription reads ALSO TO THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (7 NAMES).

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A wrought iron basket* is attached to the base on the eastern side of the memorial.

• Pursuant to S.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.