Bilsby War Memorial

The Bilsby War Memorial is situated to the east of the Church of the Holy Trinity, facing south-east towards the road. Constructed from Cornish Granite, the memorial features a broken column, symbolizing lives cut short. It stands on a concrete platform with a square two-stepped base; the upper step is rough-hewn and supports a square tapering plinth from which the circular column rises.

The plinth is inscribed on three sides in black lettering. The south-east face bears the inscription: "THIS MEMORIAL/ TO/ THE BILSBY MEN/ THAT FELL IN THE WAR OF 1914-18/ WAS ERECTED/ BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ 1919./ WITH GRATITUDE THAT CANNOT MATCH THE FAME/ OF THESE OUR HEROES READ EACH HONOURED NAME/ HELPED BY THE SKILL AND VALOUR OF THE SLAIN/ ’TIS OURS TO SEE THEY DID NOT DIE IN VAIN."

On the south-west face, beneath the names of seven individuals who died in the First World War, the inscription reads RIP. The north-east face includes an additional name added after the Second World War, with the inscription "1939-1945/ MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED/ WITH THY SAINTS."