Church Crookham War Memorial

The memorial stands in the road at the junction of Gables Road and Gally Hill Road. The tall Portland stone memorial takes the form of a wheel-head cross. The edges of the cross head and shaft, and the faces of the wheel-head, are carved with a running rope ornament. The front face of the cross bears a Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief. The cross shaft stands on a low, three-stepped base. The memorial is raised on a circular paved mound.

The dates 1914 1918 are carved at the foot of the cross shaft. The principal dedicatory inscription begins on the front face of the base’s upper step, reading TO THE GLORY OF GOD and continues below on the next step IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING &/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR THEIR NAMES ARE IN-SCRIBED IN THE CHURCH &/ IN GRATITUDE FOR THE LIVES OF THOSE/ WHO WERE SPARED.

The later dedication is recorded on a small tablet below that, reading AND IN MEMORY OF OUR WAR DEAD/ 1939 – 1945/ AND OTHER CONFLICTS PAST AND PRESENT.

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, 20 February 2017.