Haslingfield War Memorial

The war memorial stands in the churchyard, to the north of the Grade I-listed Church of All Saints. The memorial, overall 3.5m tall, comprises an austere wheel head cross with round bosses at the centre and on the ends of the cross arms. This rises from a square-sectioned shaft standing on a tapered plinth, itself set on a two-stepped square base.

The dedicatory inscription is inscribed at the foot of the shaft and the names are inscribed on the sides of the plinth. The inscriptions on the south face read SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE/ HASLINGFIELD/ MEN WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (18 NAMES)/ ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.’

On the south face of the upper step of the base an inscription reads GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. Below, on the lower step: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS/ OF HASLINGFIELD.

On the west face: 1939 - 1945/ (9 NAMES)/ THEY ARE IN PEACE. On the east face: IRAQ 2003 (1 NAME)/ “LAY ME WHERE YOU WILL BUT/ REMEMBER ME BEFORE THE ALTAR OF GOD”.

The memorial is surrounded by a narrow gravel path, enclosed by a chain suspended from four low concrete posts.