Digby War Memorial

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 August 2024. The GIS triangle depiction was moved from TF0803854804 to TF0804454790. Thus placing it on the building.

First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War, erected in 1920.

MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed of pink Aberdeen Granite on a concrete base.

PLAN: the memorial is square on plan.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location within the boundary of the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket (Grade I). It is composed of a rounded, inscribed cross, standing on an inscribed, square plinth. Below, the plinth stands on a two-stepped concrete base.

The inscription on front of base of the memorial reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ MEN OF THIS PARISH, WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR JUSTICE, KING, AND COUNTRY,/ IN THE GRAT WAR 1914-1918./ THIS MONUMENT IS SET UP BY THE PARISHIONERS OF DIGBY.’ The front of the cross is inscribed: ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.’

The rear of the base of the memorial reads: ‘ALSO IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN WAR 1939-1945/ NAMES.’ The other opposite sides of the base are inscribed with ‘NAMES.’ All the letters are inscribed in white.