Dullingham War Memorial

The Dullingham War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated in 1920, with additional names added after the Second World War. It is made of stone and concrete and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, to the west of the tower.

The memorial features a tall Celtic wheel cross on a tapering base, which is raised on two stone steps set on a concrete foundation pad. The east and west faces of the cross are intricately carved.

On the west face, the lower panel includes six bosses with intertwined serpents, above which are four scenes depicting a group of four figures, seated musicians, Abraham's sacrifice, and Daniel between two lions. The center of the cross showcases a roundel of the seated Virgin and Child, with leonine beasts in the side arms and three pairs of back-to-back leonine beasts with intertwined tails in the top arm. The face of the cross ring is undecorated.

The lower part of the east face features three roundels of snake-and-boss ornament, above which are seven interlaced bosses with snakes entwined around them. The largest boss is one of five high-relief bosses symmetrically placed in the cross head. The central boss is set in a ring of nine small bosses linked by spirals. In the side arms, each boss is connected by snakes, while the top arm boss is positioned between two pairs of leonine beasts. The face of the cross ring is decorated with knitted interlace.

A dedication on the east side of the base reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN NEVER DYING MEMORY/ OF THOSE DULLINGHAM SOLDIERS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 – 19’. Below this is a quotation: ‘THAT WE BEING DELIVERED OUT OF THE/ HAND OF OUR ENEMIES MIGHT SERVE HIM/ WITHOUT FEAR ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE’. The names of the fallen from the First World War are inscribed on the north and south sides, while those from the Second World War are on the west side.