Wigton, Woodside and Oulton War Memorial

The Wigton, Woodside and Oulton War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is located within Wigton Cemetery, prominently positioned between two cemetery chapels.

The memorial features a squat polished grey granite obelisk topped with a pink granite domed cap. Each face of the obelisk displays a bronze wreath at the top, with an incised Latin cross beneath each wreath. The obelisk is set on a pink granite plinth that has a grey granite cap and foot, with scroll brackets at the four corners. This plinth stands on a two-tiered square stone base.

The shaft and plinth are inscribed with leaded inscriptions that read: "THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN ON THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN 1914 – 1919." The names of the fallen are arranged by rank, first and surname, around all four faces of the plinth. Additionally, it commemorates "THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945," with names inscribed on the face of the obelisk.