Wylye War Memorial

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Wylye War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the west of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*-listed), and adjacent to the main path leading to the church. The churchyard also contains numerous Grade II-listed monuments and the Grade II-listed Railed Enclosure and Gate Piers on South Edge of Churchyard.

The war memorial takes the form of a granite wheel-head cross upon a tall shaft with moulded foot. This rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth, which surmounts a square base. The plinth carries the inscriptions and names in leaded lettering.

The main inscription is on the west (front) face of the plinth and reads THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF WYLYE,/ IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE CAUSE OF THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (7 NAMES). On the east (rear) of the plinth is the following inscription 1939 – 1945/ (2 NAMES).