Stanton Lacy War Memorial

A churchyard First World War memorial of c 1920, with later additions after 1945 and in 2005.

MATERIALS & PLAN: ashlar and rough-hewn limestone. The monument takes the form of a wheel-head cross with a superimposed sword in relief to its north side, which faces the church. The cross and tapered shaft rise from a tapered plinth which rests on a two-stepped base.

The north face of the monument has the wheel-head in rough-hewn limestone with the cross arms and rectangular shaft in ashlar. To the lower body of the shaft, below the sword in relief, is an inscription infilled with lead lettering which reads: TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF STANTON LACY / WHO IN THE GREAT / WAR WITH GERMANY / 1914 – 1918 / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / KING AND COUNTRY. Names of the fallen are listed on the plinth and the riser of the upper step. The flanks and back of the monument are bare, save for the east side of the plinth which bears the dates 1939 – 1945 and the names of the fallen from the Second World War. Set in the gravel surround is a bronze plaque which records the award of a Victoria Cross to a local man. This was placed in 2005 and reads: IN HONOURED MEMORY / ABLE SEAMAN / WILLIAM CHARLES / WILLIAMS V.C . / ROYAL NAVY / WHO GAINED HIS COUNTRY’S / HIGHEST AWARD FOR VALOUR ON / 25TH APRIL 1915 AT GALLIPOLI / BORN IN STANTON LACY / 15TH SEPTEMBER 1880.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.