Stanton Hill War Memorial

Stanton Hill war memorial was unveiled in August 1920. The granite stone monument measures approximately 4 metres in height, is octagonal in plan and takes the form of an encircled cross on a tapered shaft set upon a plinth, base and platform. Beneath the cross, the tapered shaft bears a relief carving of the letters ‘IHS’ (a Greek Christogram symbol of Jesus Christ, in the form of acronym). Each of the eight faces of the octagonal plinth carry inscriptions; the epitaph on the frontal (south) elevation reads: “ERECTED TO THE / MEMORY OF THE / SAILORS AND SOLDIERS / OF STANTON HILL, / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR, / 1914-19” with the names of 60 local men who fell in the conflict continuing around the plinth. Resting at a slight angle on the base of the south elevation of the plinth is a tablet inscribed with the names of eight of the fallen from the Second World War and a further inscription which reads: “O, VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT & THROUGH BATTLE FLAME / TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED / 1939-45”. The memorial is located within the grounds of the Church of All Saints on a triangular gravelled plot bordered by flagstone paths. The memorial is positioned symmetrically in line with the church’s south window, facing Fackley Road in the centre of Stanton Hill.

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, 10 August 2017.