St Edward's War Memorial, Leek

St Edward's War Memorial in Leek is made of Roche limestone and features a Celtic-style wheel-head cross with shortened cross-bar arms that rises from a tapering shaft. Both the cross and shaft have a rectangular shape.

The front and rear faces of the cross and the upper two-thirds of the shaft are recessed, creating a relief border that is flush with the lower third of the shaft. The side faces of the shaft are also recessed. The front face of the cross and shaft is adorned with Celtic-style carved interlacing motifs, with the ‘IHS’ Christogram prominently displayed at the center of the cross arms in relief. The rear face features a carved Sword of Sacrifice in relief. The shaft is supported by a rectangular block plinth with rounded upper edges, which sits on a three-stepped square base.

The front face of the plinth is inscribed with the years 1914 – 1919, along with the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. THEIR NAMES ARE GRATEFULLY RECORDED ON THE TABLET IN THE CHURCH. ‘GRANT THEM LORD ETERNAL REST’." The left face of the plinth commemorates those who fell in the World War of 1939 – 1945.