Stapleton War Memorial

A churchyard war memorial set on line with the eastern end of the church chancel. The monument, of limestone ashlar, has a wheel-head, Celtic cross with knot patterns carved in relief to the arms and a central domed knop. The tapered, rectangular shaft connects to the base, which is also tapered, with a moulded cap and has, inscribed to the north-eastern face: ‘+ / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE MEN CONNECTED / WITH THIS PARISH AND CHURCH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’. The flanks are carved with the names of the fallen. The rear, south-western face is inscribed: ‘SONS OF THIS PLACE. LET THIS BE SAID. / THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD. / THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MIGHT REAP / A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP.’ The plinth is stepped.

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, 19 January 2017.