Wateringbury War Memorial Cross

The granite memorial cross is located at the edge of the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II), in close proximity to a group of Grade II- and Grade II-listed churchyard monuments. The memorial cross stands on a tapering plinth with convex sides, that is raised on a four-stepped square base of a different stone.

A plain cross shaft, rectangular in section and picked out with an incised outline to the front face, rises from the plinth to the wheel-head cross. This is of Celtic style and is decorated with an interlace design carved in low relief, with a central hemispherical boss at the centre of the cross arms. The cross is approximately 4 metres high.

The plinth carries the dates 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945, which are incised into the stone. This is the only inscription on the memorial (the names of the fallen are recorded on two separate plaques within the church).