Eye War Memorial

The war memorial in Eye is to the north of the village centre, sited on the east side of the cemetery. Carved in granite, it consists of a tapering octagonal shaft surmounted by a Maltese Cross set within a wheel. The shaft rises from a square granite block, which stands on a tiered moulded octagonal base, surrounded by paving slabs. Names are inscribed on the faces of the square block and the octagonal base on which it stands: these number 41 for the First World War, and 14 for the Second World War. Both record names and date of death. An inscription on the base reads: IN EVERLIVING MEMORY OF THE ABOVE FROM THIS PARISH WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919. The following was added: BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF EYE 1919/ 1939-1945.

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.