Mortehoe War Memorial In The Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary Magdalene

The Mortehoe War Memorial was erected circa 1920 to commemorate those who fell in the First World War, with subsequent additions to remember those lost in the Second World War and the Korean War. Constructed from granite, it has an octagonal plan. The memorial consists of a small Celtic wheel-head cross set atop a tall, slender octagonal column, which rests on a square plinth. A stepped hexagonal pedestal sits below the plinth. The memorial records the names of twenty-six men of Mortehoe who fell in the Great War, eight men who fell in the Second World War, and a single soldier of the Korean War. An inscription on the east (front) of the plinth reads: 'IN LOVING / REMEMBRANCE / OF OUR / GALLANT MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / THEIR SOULS TO THEIR GOD (NAMES) 1939-1945 / (NAMES) / 1950-53 / (NAME)'. The names of those who fell in the First World War are carved on the plinth, while those lost in the Second World War and Korean War are inscribed on the third step of the pedestal. The memorial’s designation at Grade II recognises its social, architectural, and historical significance, as well as its group value in relation to the nearby Grade I Church of St Mary Magdalene and the Grade II lych-gate.