Kilmington War Memorial

First World War memorial. Erected 1921, with further inscriptions added later.

MATERIALS: carved from granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands at the crossroads of the A35 and Shute Road on the north side of the village of Kilmington. It is opposite the Grade II listed George Farmhouse. The memorial comprises a granite Celtic cross, enriched by raised interlace and knotwork, set on a tooled tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth. The front of the plinth is inscribed ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KILMINGTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR’ followed by eleven names and the words ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS’. The plinth rests on a stepped square granite base of two stages. It is inscribed ‘AND ALSO THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945’ followed by three names. The memorial is raised upon an earthen mound set within a square rubble-stone retaining wall, approached by four steps at the east.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 December 2016.