Putley War Memorial

MATERIALS: Oak cross, teak figure, stone plinth and steps.

DESCRIPTION: Putley War Memorial is located in the churchyard, to the E of Putley Parish Church (Grade II-listed) and in close proximity to a number of Grade II-listed churchyard monuments and the scheduled and Grade II-listed medieval churchyard cross. The war memorial consists of a canopied oak Calvary: the corpus is carved in teak. The cross shaft rises from a tapering stone plinth, square on plan, which stands on a raised platform accessed by three steps to E and W.

The front face of the plinth carries an inscription for the First World War reading THIS CROSS/ IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE OF THE PARISH OF/ PUTLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919.

The left face of the plinth lists the names of the First World War fallen (originally four names, now five following the most recent addition) followed by GRANT TO THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THEM./ REQUIESCANT IN PACE. The right face carries details of one airman who died in the Second World War, reading ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ SERGT. GEOFFREY ALBERT MAUND. R.A.F./ AGED 19 YEARS./ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN AIR-OPERATIONS/ ON D-DAY (6TH JUNE 1944.)/ WAS BURIED AT RANVILLE BRITISH/ CEMETERY IN FRANCE.