North Creake War Memorial

The memorial stands in the churchyard, to the south side of the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed) outside the porch. In limestone, it comprises a canopied, floriated cross-head rising from the moulded collar of a tall octagonal shaft. The shaft stands on a plinth, square on plan, with a broad single-stepped base below. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering.

The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ WHO GAVE THE VICTORY/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED 1920. The commemorated First World War names are listed on two of the plinth’s other faces. The Second World War dedication, to the rear face, reads ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO DIED/ IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES).