East Clandon War Memorial

The war memorial stands in a prominent location in the churchyard on the corner of The Street in East Clandon. The memorial is set on a rectangular paved area accessed to the east by seven steps flanked by two low stone walls.

It comprises a sandstone cross on an octagonal shaft set on a square plinth. A figure of Christ crucified is at the top of the cross and below are four angels set around the shaft.

On the plinth three faces are inscribed with the names of 14 men who lost their lives in the war. The names are almost illegible. The inscription apparently once read: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF MEN OF EAST CLANDON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR 1914-1918. However an inscribed stone panel was added after the Second World War obscuring this inscription. This panel’s inscription now reads: 1914-1918 and 1939-1945/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF EAST CLANDON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN TWO WORLD WARS.

The plinth is set on a two-stepped base and on both the east faces of the steps are inscribed the names of six men who lost their lives in the Second World War. The top step is inscribed 1939-1945 also.

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, 5 December 2016.