Alsagers Bank War Memorial

First World War memorial of 1924, with later addition for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION The memorial stands within a square enclosure cut into the slope on the edge of St John’s churchyard. It is carved from Hollington stone and takes the form of an obelisk and a tapered, square pedestal which rises from a moulded base and stands upon a base of four steps and a concrete platform. Above the pedestal is a deep, projecting cornice with egg and dart moulding below, and rising from this is a squat, tapered shaft with relief carvings of a laurel wreath and two rosettes on each face and a pyramidal cap. The south-west face of the shaft also has an inscription in black lettering which reads: 1914–1918/ FOR OUR/ GLORIOUS DEAD. The cornice below is inscribed: 1939-1945 and a panel on the pedestal reads: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ (NAMES). The side returns record the names of the fallen from the First World War and the cornices are inscribed: 1914-1918. The rear face of the pedestal is inscribed: THEY DIED THAT/ WE MIGHT LIVE; the cornice is inscribed: 1914-1918.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES The war memorial is surrounded by stone balustrade posts, one inscribed with the stonemasons’ surname, linked by chains.