East Grafton War Memorial

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: East Grafton War Memorial is located in the centre of a gravelled path in a circular area of landscaping immediately adjacent to the Grade II-listed Lychgate and Railings at the entrance to the parish churchyard. To the south-east is the Grade II*-listed Church of St Nicholas.

The memorial is of granite and takes the form of a tall, Celtic wheel-head cross with interlaced knot work designs carved in relief to the cross-head and part of the shaft. The segments of the wheel between the cross arms carry the inscription, TO THE/ GLORY/ OF/ GOD in incised lettering. The cross rises from a tapering four-sided plinth, which surmounts a rectangular single-step base. The outward faces of the base are of roughly-dressed stone carved with diagonal lines.

The inscriptions and names are on the plinth in incised lettering. The north-west face reads IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES WHILE/ SERVING DURING THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (6 NAMES). The names of those who died in the First World War are recorded on the south-east face of the plinth, which reads 1914 – 1918/ (19 NAMES).