Staplecross War Memorial

The memorial stands on the verge at the junction of Forge Lane and Northiam Road. In Portland stone and some 3m high, it comprises a tapered stone column surmounted by a couchant lion baring his teeth. Beneath the lion is a small county shield.

Below the lion is incised THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. On a stone panel and carved in relief on the front face of the column the principal dedicatory inscription reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THE PARISH/ OF EWHURST/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ (21 NAMES). Below this a later panel reads ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945/ (9 NAMES).

There is a small paved surround defined by a chain supported on four low stone pillars.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 1 December 2016.