Langleybury War Memorial

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War. Erected 1919, with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

MATERIALS: carved from granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands at the junction of Langleybury Lane and the A41, next to the churchyard of the Church of St Paul. The memorial comprises a granite cross with Celtic head and a tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth and a three-tier stepped base. The cross and shaft are enriched by carved interlace and knotwork. On the front (SE) face of the plinth is the inscription TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ NAMES.

On the NW face of the plinth is inscribed THE WORLD WAR/1939 – 1945/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./ NAMES/ REST ETERNAL GRANT THEM O LORD AND/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 12 January 2017.