Coalpit Heath War Memorial

First World War memorial, erected c1920, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: of Portland stone.

PLAN: it is square on plan.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial faces south-west and takes the form of a Latin cross. It comprises a single-step base, a three-step plinth and a square socket stone with a moulded top. A tall shaft rises from the socket stone and tapers in octagonal section to a Latin cross-head. The inscription on the south-west face of the socket stone reads ‘REMEMBER / IN PRAYER AND WITH GRATITUDE / THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE WARS / 1919 – 1914 1939 – 1945 / ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS PARISH / GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL PEACE’. The names of the 16 local men who died during the First World War are recorded on the socket stone’s north-west and south-east faces whilst the names of the men who died during the Second World War are recorded on the socket stone and top step of the plinth on the north-east side of the memorial.

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, 11 January 2017.