Edgmond War Memorial

MATERIALS: sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: Edgmond War Memorial is sited within a small walled alcove on the High Street. The memorial comprises a lantern cross which shelters a pedimented image of Jesus on the Crucifix. This religious iconography is accompanied by the image of a nurse on the left and a soldier on the right of the figure of Christ. Both the nurse and soldier are gazing up at the figure of Christ. Above the figures is an image of a shield.

Beneath the lantern cross there are two tapered rectangular cornices featuring inscriptions. The inscription on the top cornice reads LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR/ AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. Beneath this, is the second larger cornice and its inscription reads IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM EDGMOND/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

The lantern cross surmounts a tapering hexagonal shaft which bears an indented plaque. Within the plaque is a carved cross beneath which is an incised list of the names and ranks of the men who fell from Edgmond during the First World War; unusually, at the end of the listed names of the men, a woman’s name is also featured.

The shaft is set upon a four-stepped octagonal base; on the top step, an inscription reads SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP. On the second octagonal step, the inscription from the Second World War reads 1939 1945 and lists the names of the fallen from that conflict.

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.