Kettering Parish Church War Memorial

The memorial stands outside the north porch door to the parish church. Overall about 5m high, it comprises a Calvary carved in a shelly limestone, with a gabled crucifix atop an octagonal shaft rising from an octagonal plinth. That stands on a three-stage octagonal York stone base. The shaft bears a raised crown of thorns on its upper part with ‘HIS’ inside.

On the front face of the plinth carved in raised lettering is ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS CHURCH WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 1918’. On the opposing face is carved ‘THE NAMES OF THOSE/ WHOM THE CROSS/ COMMEMORATES ARE/ INSCRIBED ON A TABLET/ IN THE NORTH CHAPEL/ OF THIS CHURCH’.

This List entry was 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, 17 January 2017.