Thornhaugh and Wansford War Memorial

First World War memorial designed by Henry Francis Traylen.

MATERIALS: local limestone.

PLAN: the memorial is situated to the south-west of the church.

EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of a floriated Latin cross with wheel, each arm finished with a fleur de lys. It is supported by a hexagonal shaft terminating in a hexagonal base with a roll moulding. This stands on a square plinth with chamfered and scrolled corners which itself stands on a two-stepped hexagonal base of roughly dressed coursed stone. The west face of the plinth has the inscription ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD WHO SAVED OUR COUNTRY IN HER TIME OF PERIL 1914-1918’. The east face has the inscription ‘IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918’.

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, 16 January 2017.