Horsford War Memorial

First World War memorial, with additions for later conflicts.

DESCRIPTION: Horsford War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the south of the Parish Church of All Saints (Grade II*-listed). It is situated to the east of the path leading to the church; the Grade II-listed Horsford Hall is to the opposite side of the road.

The memorial is of polished, grey granite and takes the form of a square pillar surmounted by a two-tiered pyramidal cap. The pillar has a band of roll moulding just below the cap. It rises from a square plinth with moulded cap upon a single-step chamfered base. The whole stands on a narrow stone block.

The inscriptions and names are in leaded lettering, painted black, on rough-finished sections inset into the polished surfaces of the memorial. The principal inscription is to the south face of the lower-tier of the pyramidal cap and reads IN SACRED AND LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE DEFENCE OF JUSTICE AND RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1919. The south face of the plinth carries the words “THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”, with the following written directly below to the base THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE/ RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND PARISHIONERS/ OF HORSFORD.

The 26 names of those who died in the First World War are listed to south and west faces of the pillar, including their date of death; the names of the seven casualties from the Second World War are also to the west face and set out in a similar fashion under the dates 1939 – 1945. To the east face of the pillar is the name of the single casualty from a later C20 conflict with the words REMEMBERING ALSO OTHERS/ KILLED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY directly above to the pyramidal cap.