Cardinham War Memorial

A First World War memorial, erected in the 1920s; altered after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the cemetery connected to the Parish Church of St Meubred (Grade I), located beyond the church itself on the east side of the road leading south from the village centre. The memorial is a wheel-head Celtic cross with carved knotwork to the head and shaft. The head comprises ‘triqueta’ patterns within the arms and scroll decoration on the shaft on the east and west faces; and further scrollwork on the north and south (side) faces. The cross stands on a tapering plinth on a two-stepped platform, surrounded by a gravelled area with kerbed edges. The principal face (west) of the plinth is inscribed in black lettering: THE WORLD WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ GIVEN BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ CARDYNHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR ALL FOR/ ENGLAND, RIGHT AND FREEDOM; the north side lists six of the men who fell below the dates 1916 and 1917; and the south side lists the nine who fell inscribed under the date 1918. The rear face (east) is inscribed with the names of the two men who fell in the Second World War under the dates 1939-1945.

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, 27 February 2018.