Sutton Scotney War Memorial

The war memorial stands on the south side of the road, opposite Victoria Hall (unlisted) and Witts Cottage (Grade II). It is in a paved semi-circular area, surrounded on three sides by a coped brick and flint wall c1m high. Benches are let into three sections of the wall that are set back from the enclosure. To the front, posts carry spiked chains whilst the whole is set back from the roadside by a grass verge edged with bulbs.

The c5m tall limestone memorial comprises a hexagonal lantern surmounted by a small sphere on a pinnacle, with three small corbels supporting the lantern on the cross shaft. The lantern’s front face bears the inscription LEST/ YE/ FOR-/ GET, the west face a carved cross, and the east face a carved wreath. The cross shaft, hexagonal in section, stands on a three-stage plinth. The middle and lower stages are larger and carry the main inscriptions, whilst the upper stage records the later inscription of 2007. The whole stands on a low hexagonal step. All the lettering is incised and painted in black.

Two inscriptions on the middle stage of the plinth start on the west-facing side and, with a section on each face, finish at the east-facing side. The first inscription reads:

(first face) THESE MEN/ FROM THIS/ PARISH (second face) AT THE/ CALL/ OF DUTY (third face) MADE/ THE GREAT/ SACRIFICE (fourth face) FOR GOD AND/ THE RIGHT (fifth face) AUGUST/ 1914/ SEPTEMBER 1939 (sixth, front, face) NOVEMBER/ 1918/ AUGUST 1945

whilst the second inscription, below the lines of the first, reads:

(first face) THIS MONUMENT (second face) IS ERECTED BY (third face) THOSE WHO HONOUR (fourth face) THEIR MEMORY (fifth face) AND HOLD IT DEAR

The lower stage records the commemorated names inscribed in alphabetical order around all six faces, 48 from the First World War and 11 from the Second World War.

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, 29 August 2017.