Mursley War Memorial

MATERIALS: Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial comprises a wheel-head cross, standing approximately 3m high. The shaft and arms of the cross are octagonal in section and the ends of the arms are capped by pyramidal bosses. The cross surmounts a shaft which stands on a two-staged plinth, both of which are square in section. The lower plinth is much larger and it bears the inscription, all of which is of inset black-painted lead. The memorial stands on a two-stepped base.

The front, east, face of the plinth bears the following inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND UNDYING/ MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918. There is short horizontal line beneath which appear the names of nine men, in order of rank. At the base of the plinth appear the words: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. Set centrally on the north face is the following: 1939 - 1945 beneath which there is a short horizontal line and then the names of five fallen from the Second World War.