Ashley Green War Memorial

War memorial, of 1920, by stonemasons J Underwood and Son.

The memorial, set on a grassed area, outside the church of St John The Evangelist (Grade II*, NHLE 1124856) comprises a Latin cross in Portland stone which stands upon an octagonal plinth and a three-stepped octagonal base. The memorial is approximately 3 metres high and includes foliate details carved along the top of the plinth and around the shaft of the cross.

The north face of the plinth is inscribed and reads: TO the/ GLORY OF GOD/ and in/ HONOURED/ MEMORY of/ the MEN of/ THIS PARISH/ who fell in the/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919. An inscription along the bottom of the three panels of the north, north-east and north-west faces reads: THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE.

The names of the twenty-two men who died are listed on panels of the north-east and north-west faces of the plinth. The southern facing panel is inscribed with the names of four men who died during the Second World War beneath the dates 1939-1945. All text is incised and was painted black during repairs in 2012.

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, 11 January 2017.