Michaelstow war memorial

The Michaelstow war memorial is a granite structure erected around 1919. It is located to the left of the west entrance to the Church of St Michael, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial features a Celtic-style wheel cross with a tapered rectangular shaft, set atop a tapered square plinth and a square base. The plinth, shaft, and cross all have incised border details.

On the west face of the plinth, there is an inset marble tablet with an inscription in black metal lettering that reads: "ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS IN PROUD / AND UNDYING MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES) / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.” This inscription commemorates the three men from the parish who died during the First World War.

Additionally, there is a marble tablet on the south face of the plinth with the inscription: "ALSO IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO RETURNED / IN SAFETY." This inscription lists the names of the 18 men from the parish who served and returned, along with Beatrice Matthews, a Red Cross nurse.