Hawkshead War Memorial

MATERIALS: Sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade I) and comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross. The front face of the cross is decorated with carved Scandinavian interlace designs around a central boss in the cross-head. The cross surmounts a rectangular tapered shaft which also bears Scandinavian interlace designs incorporating the patron saint, St George, defeating the dragon: entangled in the dragon's coils which have turned into interlace, he nevertheless manages to spear its gaping mouth.

Below this on the shaft is the inscription carved in relief in a Celtic-style script which reads IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ HAWKSHEAD/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES).

On the rear face of the cross and shaft is similar carved interlace designs incorporating a cross, with an inscription carved in relief in Celtic-style script at the base of the shaft. It reads LET THOSE WHO/ COME AFTER/ SEE TO IT THAT/ THEIR NAMES BE/ NOT FORGOTTEN/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES). The sides also are embellished with carved interlace designs. The shaft is set upon a rectangular three-stepped base.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 3 July 2017.