War Memorial

The War Memorial is made of local limestone and is set on an octagonal platform approximately 1.1 meters across. It stands about 4.4 meters high and features a small cross with cusping on the arms, which is mounted on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft has a moulded and crenellated capital and ends in a square base with broach stops. A relief-carved shield with a crown of thorns is located on the base of the shaft, set within an ogee-headed field that also has cusping. The base rests on a rectangular plinth.

The east face of the plinth has a carved inscription that reads: "THIS· CROSS· WAS· ERECTED / BY· THE· INHABITANTS· OF· / AMPNEY· CRUCIS / IN· MEMORY· OF· THE· MEN / WHO· FELL / IN· THE· GREAT· WAR / 1914-1918 / WHOSE· NAMES / ARE· INSCRIBED· HEREON / AND· IN· THANKFULNESS· FOR / THE· SAFE· RETURN / OF· MANY· OTHERS· WHO· WENT / FROM· THIS· VILLAGE." The north and south faces of the plinth list the ranks, names, and regiments of twenty fallen soldiers. The west face features a cross and the inscription: "THEIR NAME / LIVETH / FOR / EVERMORE / ECCLESIASTICUS· 44· 14."

The plinth is supported by a three-stepped platform. The upper step's east face bears the inscription: "THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945." The faces of the step below contain the ranks, names, regiments, and services of four additional fallen soldiers. An applied stone plaque on the north side of the lowest step states: "RENOVATION CARRIED OUT BY / THE SCHRODER FAMILY / NOVEMBER 2008."