War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Stephen

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions following the Second World War and Falklands Conflict.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial is located in the north-west corner of the churchyard of the Grade I-listed Church of St Stephen, just within the St Stephen’s Hill entrance.

The memorial is of granite and takes the form of a square shaft surrounded by four rough-hewn columns with circular bases and capitals, topped with a square cornice and a short obelisk. It stands on a plain square foot and chamfered plinth rising from a three-stepped square base. The whole memorial stands on a semi-circular platform bounded by a low semi-circular wall with rounded coping which terminates in short square pillars at either end.

The names are in leaded lettering on the shaft, with further inscriptions on the foot and plinth. The inscription on the west face reads (NAMES) / TO THE HONOURED DEAD / 1914-1919 / YE THAT LIVE ON MID ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN / REMEMBER US AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. The names of those who died in the Second World War are recorded on the south face which reads (NAMES) / 1939-1945 and the north face records FALKLANDS / 1982 (NAME).