Diddlebury War Memorial

The Diddlebury War Memorial is a First World War memorial located in a churchyard, dating from around 1920, with an additional inscription added after 1945.

Constructed from limestone ashlar, the memorial features a wheel-head cross atop a tapered shaft with chamfered edges, which rises from a square plinth with a two-stepped base. Positioned to the south-west of the church tower, the memorial is elevated above the churchyard wall and the raised pavement.

The wheel-head cross has splayed ends on its arms and hollow-chamfered edges. At the base of the cross is a band of foliage designed as a laurel wreath. The tapered shaft also has hollow-chamfered edges and inset panels of stylised foliage on the lower body of the shaft on both the western and eastern sides. The plinth features superimposed stone panels on both the east and west sides, likely replacing worn original lettering. The west panel reads: "LIVE THEN FOR ENGLAND / WE FOR ENGLAND DIED / IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF DIDDLEBURY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / MAY THEY REST IN PEACE." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the eastern panel. The corners of the plinth are adorned with roll mouldings along their vertical edges.