Cookham Dean War Memorial

The memorial stands on the green in Cookham Dean, part of the commons of the Manor of Cookham (National Trust). It takes the form of a small Latin cross rising from a moulded collar, on a tapering shaft. The intersection of the cross arms is ornamented with a small shield to the front. The shaft is decorated with a fluted and beaded spiral pattern, and stands on a small stone pedestal, square on plan. The pedestal stands on a three-stage base; each stage, made of stone, brick, and with knapped flint squares in the lowest stage, has a slightly projecting step for the placement of wreaths. The memorial is centred at a round pavement of cobbles and stone kerbs. The principal dedicatory inscription on the pedestal reads FOR GOD KING AND COUNTRY and FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 1914-1918. The Second World War names are listed below the dates 1939 – 1945, whilst the First World War names are recorded on the middle stage of the base.

Alongside the memorial is the wooden Millennium Seat dedicated by the local Branch of the Royal British Legion “IN MEMORY OF OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOW JOINED THEIR COMRADES”. This bench is excluded from the listing.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2017.