Fosbury and Oxenwood War Memorial

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial is located to the north of the road between Fosbury and Oxenwood, within an enclosed grassed area. It is to the west of the Grade II*-listed Christ Church and Grade II-listed Buchan House, the former vicarage.

It is of Cornish granite and takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft; an interlaced knot work design is carved in relief to the south-west face of the cross-head and part of the shaft. This rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth with a rectangular foot. The inscriptions and names are all in leaded lettering.

The main inscription is to the south-west face of the plinth and reads THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE LOYAL SONS OF/ FOSBURY AND OXENWOOD/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR KING, COUNTRY AND LIBERTY/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ (15 NAMES). The list of names also includes their regiment and date of death.

A rectangular, granite tablet abuts the south-west face of the plinth foot; a second inscription is on the upper surface of the tablet and reads 1939-1945/ (NAME)/ ROYAL OAK/ 14TH OCTOBER 1939.

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.