Whiteshill War Memorial

A First World War memorial, dating from 1919; altered by the addition of names of the Fallen of the Second World War after 1945.

MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed from local limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a cross with cusped arms and carved details, on an octagonal shaft, above an octagonal base, the whole on a platform of four steps with chamfered edges. The foot of the shaft, immediately above the base is carries a carved inscription across three sides: TO THE / GLORY / OF GOD. Text across the corresponding three sides of the base reads: AND IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR. Below this, the memorial is inscribed with the ranks and names of the 36 men who fell in the First World War. One face of the foot of the base is inscribed with the dates 1914-1919. Two steps of the platform have later stone plaques. The upper plaque is inscribed with the text 1939 – 1945; below are the ranks and names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War. The lower plaque is inscribed with the text: 1945-1995 / 50 YEARS / VE 8TH MAY 1945 / VJ 15TH AUGUST 1945 / THEY DID NOT FAIL US IN WAR / WE WILL NOT FAIL THEM IN PEACE.

The memorial stands within a small, irregularly shaped paved enclosure, bounded to the rear by a stone wall and to the other sides by later-C20 low iron railings and gate.

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, 25 July 2017.