Strumpshaw War Memorial

First World War Memorial, erected c1920, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: of rock-faced granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard to the Church of St Peter (listed Grade I), c3.6m to the north-west of church's north porch. It comprises a rock-faced Celtic wheel-head cross embellished with a relief carving of the Sword of Sacrifice on its principal north face. It stands on a trapezoidal plinth which is located on a single-step stone base. Following the Second World War a small granite tablet was placed at the foot of the memorial to commemorate the local men who died in that conflict.

The First World War dedication is in leaded lettering on a dressed surface of the plinth's north face and reads: 'IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR GOD AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 18/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’. The Second World dedication is on a separate rectangular-shaped tablet at the foot of the plinth and reads ‘1939 – 45/ [NAMES]’.