Chevington War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Chevington War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the south of All Saints’ Church (Grade I-listed).

The memorial is of Portland stone and takes the form of a wheel-head cross with cusped tracery to the inner segments of the wheel. This crowns a tall, octagonal tapering shaft with moulded collar and terminates in a square foot with chamfered stops. The shaft rises from a square plinth, which is chamfered along the top edges. The whole surmounts a two-stepped, square base. All lettering is incised.

The principal inscription is to the east face of the plinth and reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ REMEMBER BEFORE HIM/ THE HEROIC DEAD OF THIS PARISH/ 1914–1919/ GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM. The names of the 20 men who died are recorded on the remaining three faces of the plinth.

The east face of the upper step of the base carries a further inscription, which reads ALSO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES).