St Giles' War Memorial

The St Giles war memorial, designed by the architectural firm Bodley and Hare, features a crucifix made of Portland stone, which is mounted on a square plinth and an octagonal two-stepped base. Located at the corner of Castle Street and Chesterton Lane, the south-west side of the cross displays a bronze figure of Christ. Each of the north-west, north-east, and south-east sides of the plinth has a cast bronze plaque that lists the names of seventy-four local men who died in the First World War (1914-18). The south-west side of the plinth includes an inscription that reads: "IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD / JESUS CHRIST THIS CROSS / IS SET UP AS A MEMORIAL / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR / PRAYERS AND YOUR LIVES." The memorial is situated in the churchyard of St. Giles’ Church, which is listed at Grade II*.