Dent War Memorial

The Dent War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is constructed from ashlar limestone and features a wheel head cross on a tapering shaft, which is mounted on a tapering three-tiered plinth and a single-stepped square base. The memorial stands on a gravel bed that is enclosed by low kerbstones.

On the south face of the memorial, there are inscriptions in incised lettering on the first and second tiers of the plinth. The first tier reads: "IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF DENT WHO FOUGHT/ AND IN EVER THANKFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO DIED FOR GOD/ FOR KING, FOR HOME, FOR/ FREEDOM, PEACE AND RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918." The second tier states: "THE IMMORTAL DEAD/ THESE DIED THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT/ LIVE THESE GAVE THEIR BEST SO WE/ OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE. NOT FOR OUR-/ SELVES. FOR FREEDOM, HOME AND RIGHT/ THEY FOUGHT AND BID US FORWARD/ IN THE FIGHT/ SEE YE TO IT THAT THESE SHALL NOT/ HAVE DIED IN VAIN."

The side faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of 19 individuals who fell in the First World War, while the names of four individuals who fell in the Second World War are inscribed beneath the date 1939-1945 on the east face of the plinth.