Spaldwick War Memorial

First World War memorial,1922, with later additions.

MATERIALS: sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on the village green at the junction of Stow Road and High Street. The memorial comprises a sandstone Latin cross which has a carved wreath affixed to the north side of the cross head. The splayed foot of the cross shaft rises from a stone square plinth on a square base.

The incised inscription on the south face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (6 NAMES). The north face of the plinth bears the inscription ALSO OF/ (2 NAMES) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1939 – 1945, while the east face reads (1 NAME)/ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN KOREA/ APRIL 29TH 1953.