Martley War Memorial

A churchyard cross, unveiled in May 1920.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: of stone ashlar and square on plan. The monument faces south.

The cross, at the apex, has chamfered edges to all of its arms and the south face bears a sculpture of the crucified Christ. The square shaft is undecorated, apart from chamfers to its upper edge, and rises from a square plinth which bears the inscription to its north side: ‘TO THE / PRAISE OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED FOR THEIR / KING AND COUNTRY / IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’ Names of the fallen are inscribed on the east and west flanks of the plinth and the south side is blank. The plinth rests on a deep step which forms a platform. This is inscribed to its south face ‘1939-1945’ with the names from the Second World War.

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, 5 October 2017.