Yaxley Cemetery War Memorial

The Yaxley Cemetery War Memorial is located on the southern side of the village cemetery, near the gate on Waterslade Road. It is a rectangular block made of dark grey, rough-hewn Aberdeen Granite, standing approximately 2 meters high. The south face features carved reliefs of the Union and French flags, with the years 1914 above and 1919 below.

Below the flags, there is an inscription in carved, painted lettering that reads: "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO CHAMPIONED OUR CAUSE IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND FOR US MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (39 NAMES)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”.

On the east face, the years 1939 and 1945 are carved in relief, along with the names of 21 men and women who died during the Second World War, presented in a style similar to the First World War names. The north face includes an inscription commemorating the death of a local soldier in Iraq in 2007.

Around 2010, the memorial was reset on a three-stage black marble stepped base, and a black marble tablet was added to commemorate the death of a Polish pilot killed nearby in 1943. These additions, along with five Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones and a surrounding concrete post and chain fence, are excluded from the listing.