War memorial within the churchyard of Parish Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 2020. War memorial.

War memorial within the churchyard of Parish Church of St Lawrence

WRENN ID
stark-stone-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 2020
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, inscriptions and names were added from the Second World War and the Malaysian Emergency.

MATERIAL: limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a wheel cross with floriated terminals on a sharply tapered plinth and square base on a rubble mound. Inscribed on the arms of the cross is LEST WE FORGET and at the base of the shaft IN/ HONOURED/ MEMORY/ OF. The front face of the plinth reads (NAMES)/ WHO WENT FROM THE UNDERCLIFF AND/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF/ ST LAWRENCE IN DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE/ MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN AND WITH SINCERE SYMPATHY/ WITH THOSE WHO ARE LEFT TO MOURN THEIR LOSS. The front face of the base of the cross bears the inscription THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The side of the plinth reads ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE MEN OF/ ST LAWRENCE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ AND IN/ MALAYA 1948/ (NAME).

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