Chideock War Memorial

The Chideock War Memorial is a memorial dedicated to those who served in the First and Second World Wars, erected around 1919, with the names of those who fell in the Second World War added after 1945.

Constructed from Hamstone ashlar, the memorial is located at the corner of North Road and the A35, close to St Giles Church in the center of Chideock. It is surrounded by a rubble stone wall to the west and a dwarf wall to the south and east, which connects to the gable wall of a row of 18th-century cottages that are also listed.

The memorial features a fleur-de-lis cross with a tapering octagonal shaft and crossarm, which stands on a square plinth that is supported by a three-tier stepped octagonal base. On the front of the plinth, there is a bronze plaque with the inscription: "TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF CHIDEOCK MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The east and west sides of the memorial display plaques inscribed with 17 names of the Fallen, while the north side has a plaque inscribed with "1939-1945" followed by 11 names. The memorial is set on a concrete foundation.