Sambrook War Memorial

A village war memorial of circa 1920.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: The memorial is constructed of stone and is octagonal in plan.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands in the churchyard of St Luke's Church, north-east of the church. It takes the form of a Latin cross which sits atop a tall, tapering shaft, which connects with a square plinth. The principal dedicatory inscription on the north-east face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO/ PERPETUATE IN GRATEFUL AND/ HONOURED MEMORY THE NAMES/ OF PARISHIONERS OF SAMBROOK/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. The names of the 4 fallen from the First World War are inscribed on the north-west face of the plinth.

A further inscription from after the Second World War reads ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREATER WAR 1939 - 1945.

Below the plinth is an octagonal, three-stepped base.

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.