Dent War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: ashlar limestone

DESCRIPTION: Dent War Memorial comprises a wheel head cross on a tapering shaft, mounted on a tapering three-tiered plinth and single-stepped square base, standing on a gravel bed enclosed by low kerbstones. The south face of the memorial bears an inscription in incised lettering on the first and second tiers of the plinth; the inscription on 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. That on the second tier reads 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. There are 19 names of the Fallen from the First World War inscribed on the side faces of the plinth, and the names of the four Fallen of the Second World War are inscribed beneath the date 1939 -1945 on the east face of the plinth.