Ringwood War Memorial

Cross of Sacrifice war memorial, unveiled 1921, a replica of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s 1918 design for the Imperial War Graves Commission.

MATERIALS and PLAN: a Portland stone monument with bronze sword, mounted upon a Portland stone stepped octagonal plinth, with a Nabresina limestone tablet.

DESCRIPTION: the cross has an octagonal shaft and crossarm, upon which a bronze sword is affixed on the front side. It stands upon a stepped base and plinth, the latter of which has panels affixed to each side; that on the front is inscribed, with painted lettering, ‘IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF RINGWOOD / WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR / KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918’, and the names of the 111 fallen soldiers are listed alphabetically on the other seven plaques. A sloped tablet was added to the base following the Second World War and is inscribed ‘ROLL OF HONOUR 1939-1945’ followed by the names of the 53 fallen, and ‘LET US REMEMBER THOSE WHO WILL NOT RETURN’. The cross is enclosed by chains linked to short octagonal piers.

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, 6 December 2016.