West Keal War Memorial

The war memorial is located in the churchyard, standing to the south of the Church of St Helen (Grade II*) with panoramic views over the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds out over the fens. It is a 4.3m high Clipsham Stone Calvary cross.

The memorial has a two-stepped square base and square, chamfered, plinth from which the slender octagonal cross shaft rises. The cross-head, rising from a corbel-like collar, bears the carved figure of the crucified Christ on the western side, with the Madonna and Child on the reverse. The collar is ornamented on the western and eastern sides with shields bearing monograms.

The plinth has names inscribed on three sides, with on the western face the principal dedicatory inscription reading TO THE MEN OF WEST KEAL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919.

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.