Cassington War Memorial

First World War memorial. Erected in 1919, to designs by F E Howard, by W H Axtell and Son, monumental masons. Sculptures by Alec Miller. Names of the fallen from the Second World War added. Restored in 2018.

MATERIALS: Ketton and Bath stones.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on a grassed area on the east side of The Green to the south of the Old Vicarage. It takes the form of a crucifix set on a tapering octagonal shaft with a square to octagonal transition plinth and three-tiered octagonal base. The terminal-armed crucifix has floriated intersections between the upright and crossbars. On the front face is a sculpture of Christ Crucified and on the rear, one of the Madonna and Child, both in full relief.

The plinth bears inserted stone panels with incised inscriptions in a Gothic script. On the front these have the date 1939-1945, followed by the three names of the fallen, and the inscription DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY. On the rear is the date 1914-1918, followed by the names of the fallen and the inscription TO THE GALLANT DEAD. Additional names of the fallen occupy the side panels, giving a total of 16 First World War dead.

The base of the memorial is adjoined by a pair of narrow, stone-edged, flower beds enclosed within a metal post and chain fence.