Bilsby War Memorial

The memorial is located to the east of the Church of the Holy Trinity (Grade II*-listed), to the north of the path and facing south-east towards the road. It is made of Cornish Granite and takes the form of a broken column, symbolizing lives cut short. The memorial stands on a concrete platform and consists of a square two-stepped base, the upper step of which is rough-hewn, surmounted by a square tapering plinth from which the circular column rises.

The plinth is inscribed on three sides in black lettering. On the south-east face the inscription reads 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 seven names of those who died in the First World War is inscribed RIP. On the north-east face is one additional name, added after the Second World War, with the inscription 1939-1945/ MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED/ WITH THY SAINTS.

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, 23 January 2017.