Stokenchurch War Memorial

First World War memorial, erected in 1925 by Messrs Axtell and Son of Oxford, with Second World War additions.

DETAILS: Stokenchurch war memorial is situated on a grassed area, adjacent to the Memorial Hall off Wycombe Road.

The memorial takes the form of a Latin cross-head with collar and a trefoil-headed cusp in each angle. This crowns an octagonal shaft with splayed foot. The shaft rises from an octagonal, castellated plinth with a molded, two-stage foot surmounting a five-stepped base. Each face of the plinth has inset panels with tracery carved in relief to the upper part. The inscription and names are incised on the panels.

The dedication reads: TO THE/ GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1919. Incised directly below, but outside of the panel, are the dates 1939-1945. The rest of the panels carry the names: four with the 40 names of those who died in the First World War and the remaining three panels bearing the 31 names from the Second World War.