War Memorial

A war memorial, designed by Mabel St John Mildmay, constructed in 1920.

MATERIALS The memorial is constructed from local limestone.

PLAN The platform on which the memorial stands is octagonal in shape, circa 1.5m across.

DESCRIPTION The memorial takes the form of a small wheel cross above a coped four-sided section with blind arched fields with cusped decoration, atop a slender, tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft, which has a moulded foot, is set on a chamfered, cubic base, the whole on an octagonal platform of three steps. One face of the base bears a plaque which reads: ROLL OF HONOUR / 1914-1918, and below gives the names of the Fallen from the First World War (22 in total). Below this are the dates 1939-1945 and the names of the Fallen from the Second World War (2 names). Continuing anti-clockwise from the plaque, the base is inscribed: + GREATER LOVE HATH NO / MAN THAN THIS, THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS / LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS +, in upper and lower cases of a detailed Serif font. The next face is inscribed + IN GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF STINCHCOMBE MEN / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 +. The final face is inscribed + THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR YOU: SEE THAT / YOU LIVE FOR OTHERS: / TIS THE BEST THAT / YOU CAN GIVE +. The names of the Fallen from the Second World War and the dates of the conflict are inscribed across faces of the second step of the platform.

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, 10 January 2017.