Ferring War Memorial

War memorial. 1921 by local mason, Francis Tate. Altered following the Second World War with additional plinth and base by Geoffrey Claridge.

MATERIALS: granite and polished stone.

DESCRIPTION: situated on the south side of the junction between Ferring Street and Sea Lane, the 4m high memorial takes the form of a rough-hewn granite Latin cross standing on the original rough-hewn domed plinth. This rests on a later tapered polished stone plinth and two-tier base. The lower tier of the base has a paving stone coping.

The inset front face of the original plinth bears the inscription ‘IN HONOURED MEMORY OF’ followed by the names of the five fallen, with their regiments/arms of service, and the further inscription ‘WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918’. The front face of the later plinth bears the inscription ‘ALSO IN HONOURED MEMORY OF’ followed by the names of nine fallen and the further inscription ‘WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR’. On the two sides of the lower plinth are a further 16 names of the fallen of the Second World War, giving 25 names in total.

The area of stone paving surrounding the memorial, the Garden of Remembrance to the south, the flagpole and the two stone commemoration urns are not of special interest and are not included in the listing.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 January 2021 to correct date of construction.

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.