Moulton War Memorial Cross

The war memorial stands outside the Church of St Mary, Moulton (Grade I-listed), just inside the gate at the south-west corner of the churchyard. It comprises a stone wheel-head cross with interlace decoration carved in low relief to the cross-head, standing on a two-stage plinth, square on plan, with a moulded base. The plinth’s upper stage has a moulded panel to the front. The base stands on a two-stepped octagonal base. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering.

The principal dedicatory inscription, beginning on the upper stage of the plinth and continuing on the lower stage, reads TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF MOULTON ST MARY/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The later Second World War dedication reads ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ (2 NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN THE 1939 – 1945 WAR.