Upton Cross and Linkinhorne War Memorial

A First World War memorial cross with additions and alterations of after 1945, placed near to a cross roads.

MATERIALS and PLAN: of rock-hewn stone, set in a rectangular enclosure of railings. The monument takes the form of a Celtic cross with wheel head and tapered shaft with a stepped, rectangular base and a plinth.

The monument faces south and has moulded arms and a tapered shaft with Celtic knot panels in relief. At the centre of the wheel head cross is a boss. The stepped plinth is inscribed; to the riser of the top step: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN REVERED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LINKINHORNE. / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, / 1914 – 1919. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. THAT A MAN / LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.’ Names are recorded on the step below. In front of the lowest step a granite tablet which takes the form of a rolled scroll reads: ‘ALSO OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945’. Names are recorded below. The plinth forms a rectangular enclosure with railings supported by chamfered curb stones.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2018.