Wicklewood War Memorial

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial cross stands by the south door of the Church of All Saints (Grade I-listed). It consists of a Portland stone Celtic cross with decorative knot work carved on the cross head and shaft. The cross rises from a tapering plinth, rectangular on plan, which in turn is raised on a rectangular base and low step. 

The names of 10 men who fell in the First World War are incised on the front face of the plinth. The principal dedicatory inscription reads WICKLEWOOD WAR MEMORIAL/ 1914 – 1918/ REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THESE FALLEN/ IN THE GREAT WAR. On the west face of the memorial is the further dedication ALSO REMEMBER THOSE/ FALLEN IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (4 NAMES).

The base is surrounded by a square stone kerb with four corner posts, enclosing a bed of stone chippings.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.