Moulton Seas End War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Moulton Seas End war memorial is located on the east side of Seas End Road (B1357), facing the road.

It is of grey granite and takes the form of a tall, four-sided pillar with a moulded and dentilated cornice and a moulded foot. The pillar is crowned by a small, four-sided block of granite with a pyramidal top. The whole surmounts a three-stepped, square base.

The upper part of the pillar shaft has a decorative band with a pair of crossed flags with the dates 1914 and 1919 incised to the western face, and the remaining three faces are decorated with relief-carved, paired rosettes between fluted pilasters. Directly below the band, to the western face of the shaft, is the principal inscription which reads, TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ (22 NAMES)/ MAY THEY REST IN THY PEACE, AND/ AWAKE TO A JOYFUL RESURRECTION.

The western face of the upper-step of the base are the dates, 1939 – 1945 with the three names of those who died in the Second World War recorded on the step below.

All lettering is incised, painted black.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial is enclosed by metal railings painted black, with gold painted finials. There is a gate to the centre of the western boundary flanked by decorative gate posts.