Stoke Climsland War Memorial

First World War memorial, erected after the First World War; altered after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located on the site of the Manorial pound, now a raised gravelled area surrounded by a low granite wall, in the heart of Stoke Climsland and to the north-west of the parish church (Grade II*). The memorial comprises a two-step square base surmounted by a cube plinth with a moulded cornice, above which is a further plinth and a square-section tapering shaft and simple Celtic cross head. The shaft’s plinth is inscribed in black lettering: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS NCOS & MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918, with the names inscribed on the principal face of the square plinth below, followed by the inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN / LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. The names of the 10 men who fell in the Second World War are inscribed under the dates 1939-1945 on a granite tablet in the shape of an open book at the foot of the memorial.