Raunds War Memorial

The war memorial stands within a long, downward sloping, terraced grass Memorial Garden extending westwards from the west front of the church of St Peter (Grade I). The church tower and spire form the backdrop to the memorial when approached along the main path from the High Street. Approximately 7m high, the memorial's upper part is of limestone, and comprises a lantern set on top of a tapering shaft formed of four round columns, all in a decorative medieval style. The shaft rises from a large but fairly shallow sandstone base that stands on a shallow stone step.

Inscribed on the front face of the base is RAUNDS/ TO ITS HONOURED DEAD/ 1914 – 1919/ ‘THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY DAY AND BY NIGHT’. On two sides are bronze plaques, each headed ROLL OF HONOUR with names below of those who died in the First World War. On the fourth side of the plinth is a metal plaque headed ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1939 – 1945 bearing the names of those who died in the Second World War.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.