Alderbury War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1919, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Alderbury War Memorial is located on a grassed area between The Green and the main road through the settlement; to the west on the other side of The Green is an early C20 Memorial and Water Trough (Grade II-listed).

The war memorial is of Chilmark stone and comprises a wheel-head cross above a moulded collar, which surmounts a tall, four-sided, tapering shaft. The whole rises from a narrow, square base. The principal inscriptions and names are on the cross shaft; all lettering is incised, painted black.

Both the west and east faces of the shaft have the inscription, 1914 – 1919 / THESE DIED IN WAR/ THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE. The 26 names are recorded beneath the inscriptions, 13 to each face. The south face of the shaft reads, 1939 – 1945/ THESE DIED IN/ WAR, THAT WE AT/ PEACE MIGHT LIVE./ (14 NAMES).

To the upper surface of the base around the four sides of the shaft are the words, (west) THEIR NAME/ (south) LIVETH FOR/ (east) EVERMORE/ (north) ECCLUS XLIV. 14.

The memorial stands within a square gravelled area with small stone posts to each corner. Two small stone flower holders stand on the base to either side of the shaft.

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, 31 January 2018.