Bonchurch War Memorial

The Bonchurch War Memorial is a First World War memorial, built in 1920 and designed by Herbert Bryant. It is located on the east side of the churchyard of St Boniface, near the entrance gates. The memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross and has additional inscriptions related to the Second World War.

Constructed from granite with lead lettering, the memorial features a rough-hewn granite wheel cross that has a Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief on its front face. This cross rises from a similarly rough-hewn tapered plinth that sits on a square base. A recessed panel on the front of the plinth displays the inscription in sans-serif lettering: ‘TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF BONCHURCH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919’, along with the names of the fallen listed below. The side of the plinth includes the additional inscription, ‘1939-45’, followed by the names of those lost during the Second World War.