Dymock War Memorial

War memorial, erected around 1920. Unknown architect.

MATERIALS: carved from sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a floriated cross atop a hexagonal column with a squared plinth that stands on a five-step hexagonal base with chamfered edges. The plinth and uppermost steps of the base bear inscriptions in incised letters. The names of twenty-nine parishioners who died in the First World War are inscribed on the north, east and west faces of the plinth. The inscription to the south face of the plinth reads:

IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

The two uppermost steps on the south face of the base were altered around 1949 to commemorate ten parishioners who died as a result of the Second World War. The dates ‘1939-1945’ are inscribed into the chamfered edge of the top step with the names of two parishioners into the face. The second step from the top has had a section cut in line with the face of the top step to create a flat surface inscribed with a further eight names and a small cross below the central two names.