Dickleburgh War Memorial

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Dickleburgh War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade I-listed). It is prominently situated by the churchyard wall and revealed at street level by a part of the churchyard wall having been removed, with a wrought iron gate inserted allowing direct access to the memorial from the street.

The memorial comprises a stone Latin cross on a collared and footed octagonal shaft. Below the shaft is a three-tiered plinth comprising a large upper section bearing the principal inscription with miniature mock-Corinthian style pilasters at each corner, a centre section of deep moulding, and a slightly wider lower section also bearing inscriptions. Beneath this is a two-stepped square base.

The inscription to the upper panel reads: TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ "HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE/ FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT". Twenty names are inscribed on the adjacent panels. The front face of the central tier carries the inscription 1938/ (1 NAME) while the lower tier is inscribed 1939 – 1945, with eight names to the adjoining faces.