Dilton Marsh War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Dilton Marsh War Memorial is located at the roadside adjacent to the junction of High Street and The Hollow, opposite the Church of Holy Trinity (Grade II*-listed).

The memorial takes the form of a wheel-head cross pattée with a tapering rectangular shaft terminating in a two-stepped moulded foot; the front (north-west) face of the shaft has an inverted Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief. The shaft rises from a four-sided plinth, which surmounts a rectangular stone base.

The principal inscription is in incised lettering, painted black, on the north-west face of the plinth and reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN/ WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (41 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

To the south-west face of the plinth is a bronze plaque with the following in cast raised lettering, IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF DILTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (13 NAMES). To the left-hand side of the plaque is a dedication in incised lettering, painted black, to a single casualty in a later conflict, 1976 (NAME).

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial stands within an area of hardstanding and is bounded to the north-east, south-east and south-west sides by a low, regular-coursed stone wall with flat stone copings. The north-west side is open with the boundary denoted by a chain supported by two posts.