Piddlehinton War Memorial

The Piddlehinton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of Ham Hill limestone and takes the form of a Cross of Sacrifice, featuring a relief-carved inverted sword on the arms and shaft of a Latin Cross with an octagonal section. The moulded foot of the cross stands on a simple squared plinth, which is set on a two-stepped platform; the lower step has a moulded tread. The main face of the plinth is inscribed with the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PIDDLEHINTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918." The upper step of the platform has the inscription: "FOR KING AND COUNTRY." The other faces of the plinth list the names of the 17 men who lost their lives in the First World War and, under the dates 1939 – 1945, the names of the four men from the village who fell in that conflict.