Colyton War Memorial

The Colyton War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected around 1920, with additional inscriptions added later. It is carved from limestone and is located in the churchyard of the Grade I listed St Andrew’s Church, overlooking the Grade II listed 16th to 18th century houses on Vicarage Street.

The memorial features a tall, elongated Latin stone cross with a tapering octagonal shaft and crossarm. A longsword is carved in raised relief on the cross, with the crossguard of the sword aligning with the junction of the shaft and crossarm. The shaft is set on an octagonal plinth, which rests on a four-stage stepped octagonal base. The front of the plinth bears the inscription: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919’. There are 45 names inscribed on the sides of the plinth. The top stage of the base is inscribed with the words ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’, while the second stage includes ‘1939-1945’ followed by six names. Surrounding the memorial is an octagonal concrete path edged with chamfered kerb stones. The memorial is situated on a raised earthen platform accessed by three steps and is separated from the surrounding churchyard by an ashlar dwarf wall with a triangular stone coping.