Wetheringsett War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent location at the centre of the village, at the junction of Hockey Hill and Station Road.

The memorial comprises a substantial square granite pillar with a two-tiered pedestal on a two-stepped base. At the apex of the pillar is an elaborately carved cap stone with a relief-carved laurel wreath on its east face. The memorial stands approximately 3m high.

The main inscription on the east face reads: SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918/ (21 NAMES)/ “THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH/ BY NIGHT AND DAY” (1 SAMUEL 25.16)/ 1939–1946/ (6 NAMES)/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ IN APPRECIATION BY PARISHIONERS/ WHO MOURN THEIR LOSS.