Newport War Memorial

MATERIALS: sandstone cross, bronze plaques.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a plain Latin cross, surmounted on an octagonal pedestal, which bears the bronze plaques dedicated to the fallen. The pedestal is supported by a two-stepped octagonal plinth and a two-stepped octagonal base.

On the front of the memorial, the plaque on the pedestal is inscribed with a cross and the dedication which reads IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF NEWPORT/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE WARS/ 1914 – 1918/ 1939 – 1945/ R.I.P. The names of the 64 who died in the First World War appear on two similar bronze plaques to the right and left sides of the first plaque. The 24 names of those who died in the Second World War are also inscribed on the second of these plaques.

The memorial is enclosed by a stone paved octagonal area defined by a low kerb and accessed from the church path by two steps.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 19 January 2017.