Hindon War Memorial

The c 4m high memorial stands in the north-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II-listed). The memorial has a two-stepped square base surmounted by a tall, broad Portland stone pillar and capstone with cornicing topped by a four-windowed lantern. Each face of the pillar is ornamented with a cross carved in low relief, with the inscriptions below.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face reads THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED/ DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED/ OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY/ THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF/ SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR/ OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. The other three faces carry the names of those who fell, grouped by the year in which they died.