King's Pyon War Memorial

The King's Pyon War Memorial is a First World War memorial located prominently at the western boundary of the churchyard, near the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade I listed building, and the Clarke monument, which is Grade II listed.

The memorial features a funerary design with a three-stepped sandstone base and a marble plinth topped by a carved urn. The top of the plinth is decorated with a carved detail of a draped shroud, complete with tassels at each corner. Each face of the plinth has raised arch-headed tablets adorned with various motifs. The front tablet displays a garland of flowers carved along its top, and below this, there is a relief carving of a rifle. The side tablets feature roundels, one with a wreath motif and the other depicting a shovel and a possible water canister. The urn is also draped and has a carved wreath surrounding it.

This memorial honors those who lost their lives in the First World War, with inscriptions in lead letters on the faces of the plinth. The front face reads: "TO/ OUR DEAR BOYS/ WHO FELL/ 1914 – 1919/ A LOVING TOKEN/ FROM/ THE PARISHIONERS." The right and rear tablets list the names of the fallen, while the left tablet features the quote: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO/ MAN THAN THIS, THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS./ ST JOHN. XV. 13."