Keresley War Memorial

Keresley War Memorial stands in the churchyard of the church of St Thomas (Grade II), to the west of the church tower and overlooking the main road. It comprises a tall, rough-hewn, grey granite Celtic cross rising from a tapering plinth, square on plan, standing on a three-stepped base. The front face of the cross bears a reversed sword carved in low relief.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. The inscription on the rear face of the plinth reads THESE DIED IN WAR THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE,/ THESE GAVE THEIR BEST, SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE,/ NOT FOR THEMSELVES - FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, RIGHT,/ THEY FOUGHT, AND BID US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT. The commemorated names are inscribed to either side of the plinth.

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, 25 July 2017.