Worle War Memorial

War memorial of 1922 with further inscriptions added after the Second World War and in 1993; gates replaced in 1959.

MATERIALS: constructed of roughly-dressed limestone rubble with freestone dressings, under a gabled roof of plain tiles. The clock tower and its roof are clad with oak shingles.

PLAN: the building is rectangular on plan and the clock tower stands some 9m high.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a small one-storey building, similar to a lychgate, with a stone plinth and moulded, pointed-arched entrances with mid-C20 decorative wrought-iron gates to the front and rear. On either side of the archway is a single light with metal screen. Above the archway in the S gable is an inset stone tablet which carries the inscription, in painted black lettering: TO THOSE OF THIS / PARISH WHO DIED / & FOUGHT IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918. Rising from the roof is a two-stage clock tower which has a clock face and small louvered opening the front (S) and a pyramidal roof with a finial. Within the building are small corner seats. The W wall has a marble plaque inscribed: IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / (NAMES) / “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. Attached to the E wall is another marble plaque which is inscribed: IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945. / H.M. FORCES / (NAMES) /CIVILIANS / (NAMES) / “SPLENDID YOU PASSED INTO THE LIGHT / THAT NEVERMORE SHALL FADE”. A third marble plaque reads: OTHER CONFLICTS / (NAME).

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to the front of the war memorial are flanking dwarf walls of stone rubble with freestone coping.

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, 3 July 2017.