Woodhall Spa War Memorial

First World War Memorial, 1923, designed by WH Wood and sculpted by H Jackson. Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Woodhall Spa War Memorial is located at the junction of Witham Road and Stixwould Road within a small, railed enclosure at the corner of the churchyard of the former Church of St Andrew.

The Portland stone memorial takes the form of a tall Latin cross surmounted by a canopy. The cross shaft, octagonal in section, terminates in a square foot with inverted chamfer stops. The shaft rises from a four-sided plinth with inverted chamfer stops at the corners. That surmounts a single-step chamfered base atop a narrow, square stone platform. All lettering is incised and painted black.

The inscription is to the south-east face of the plinth and reads TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ NOBLY THEY DIED FIGHTING/ TO MAKE MEN FREE. An incised cross pattée symbol precedes the inscription. The names of the 22 local men who died are recorded on the north-east and south-west faces.

The names of the nine local men who died in the Second World War were added to the chamfered edge of the north-east and south-west faces of the base.

The sculptors’ name is incised to the bottom right corner of the south-west face of the base.