Colerne War Memorial

Colerne War Memorial stands on a small area of grass on the edge of the Market Place, close to the Walmesley memorial (Grade II) and surrounded by numerous buildings listed at Grade II and the Church of St John the Baptist (Grade I).

The Bath stone memorial comprises a tapering Latin cross rising from a moulded collar, on top of a tall octagonal shaft. The cross shaft is set on a large four-sided, tiered plinth with corner buttresses. Each buttress is faced with a blind trefoil arch. The principal faces of the plinth carry the dedication and commemorated names. The memorial has a two-stage sloping base and stands on a square stone slab.

The main inscription reads FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN LASTING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS with below 1939 – 1945/ (2 NAMES). The remaining names commemorated on the plinth faces include the First World War combatants, with the later Second World War casualties listed below the earlier names.