St Peter's Church War Memorial, Devizes

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: Clipsham sandstone; Blue Forest of Dean sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located in the churchyard to the north of the Church of St Peter (Grade II listed), adjacent to the A361 Bath Road.

It takes the form of a Calvary cross with sculpted figures to each face; to the south-west is a sculpted representation of Christ on the cross while to the north-east is a sculpted depiction of the Virgin Mary carrying the Infant Jesus. Above the figure of Christ, to the vertical arm of the cross, is a carved scroll. Directly below the cross-head is a carved collar incorporating shield motifs beneath the sculpted figures. The shields are carved with the monograms IHS and the Alpha and Omega. This surmounts a tall, slender, octagonal Clipsham sandstone shaft, which terminates in inverted chamfered stops and rises from a square plinth. The plinth is also of Clipsham stone, and is chamfered along the top edge with curved chamfers to the top corners. The whole surmounts a two-stepped, octagonal, Blue Forest of Dean sandstone base.

The plinth carries the inscription and names in incised lettering.

INSCRIPTION: the north-west face has a wreath carved in relief, within which are the words: TO/ THE MEN OF/ THIS PLACE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914–1919/ 1939–1945. The 45 names are recorded on the other three faces of the plinth (15 to each face), preceded by the dates 1914–1919.

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.