Moulton War Memorial

A First World War memorial, built 1920; altered after the Second World War and later.

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent location in the churchyard of the Grade I-listed Church of St Peter outside the main (north) entrance.

The memorial comprises a Latin cross with flared arms on top of a slender octagonal shaft and carved foot and plinth, standing on top of a tall three-stepped base. The main inscription is on the front (west) faces of the steps of the base, and reads on the upper step IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF MOULTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. On the middle step is inscribed the names of the fallen, and on the bottom step is inscribed REST ETERNAL GRANT TO THEM O LORD. The names of the First World War fallen are also listed on the northern and southern faces of the middle step.

The rear (east) faces of the steps are inscribed on the upper step, 1939–1945, and below on the middle step the names of the seven fallen in that conflict. The lower step is inscribed KOREA and the name of the one fallen above the inscribed date 1951.