Collingbourne Kingston War Memorial

The memorial stands against the churchyard wall of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*-listed), facing the main road through the village. Just under 3m tall, it consists of a stone obelisk rising from a pedimented, tapering, square plinth. The plinth stands on a square, three-stepped base.

The front face of the pediment is decorated with a banner, carved in low relief. The banner carries the incised inscription THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. A marble plaque on the front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED/ IN EVERLASTING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ +/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”.

Twenty names of those who fell in the First World War are listed on marble plaques on the flanking sides of the plinth. The inscriptions are in metal letters attached to the plaques. In addition, a brass plaque on the front face of the middle step of the base reads 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES).

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 December 2016.