Credenhill War Memorial

The Credenhill War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1916. It is located at the entrance to the former 19th century St Mary’s Primary School, which was replaced by a 20th-century school to the east. The memorial features a wooden triptych with a pediment and two doors below, set on a plain base with a shelf at the bottom. This is placed within a concrete-lined niche that has canted sides and a pointed head, all within a freestanding stone structure topped with pitched concrete slabs.

The pediment of the wooden triptych bears the dedication: FOR / GOD, KING & COUNTRY. The top of the central panel is inscribed with GREATER LOVE HATH / NO MAN THAN THIS, surrounding a Latin cross. The names of 15 men who fell in the war are inscribed below the arms of the cross, flanking its shaft, while the base of the central panel reads OUR HEROIC DEAD. The side panels list the names of 60 local men who served and returned from the First World War, under the heading ROLL / OF HONOUR. All inscriptions on the triptych are in gold-painted lettering. The cill of the niche is carved with the years 1914 and 1919 along with the phrase LEST WE FORGET, and a stone keystone-shaped tablet below is inscribed with ERECTED BY / EME / 1916.