Appleby Cemetery War Memorial Obelisk

The limestone memorial is located at the centre of Appleby Cemetery. It takes the form of an obelisk, square on plan, standing on a tall plinth with a moulded cap incorporating relief-carved wreaths within round-headed pediments to each side. It terminates in a chamfered, square block foot. That surmounts a four-stepped, square base.

The plinth carries the inscriptions in applied metal lettering. The principal dedication to the front face reads TO/ THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ IN HONOUR AND LOVING APPRECIATION/ OF THOSE FROM THE PARISHES OF/ APPLEBY S. LAWRENCE AND APPLEBY/ S. MICHAEL WHO LEFT HOME AND/ KINDRED AND IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE./ "NO HATE WAS THEIRS NO THIRST FOR FAME/ WHEN FORTH TO DEATH BY HONOUR SENT/ LIFE BECKONED SWEET THE GREAT CALL CAME/ THEY KNEW THEIR DUTY AND THEY WENT."/ 1914 – 1918

The later Second World War dedication to the front face of the foot below reads 1939 - 1945/ (9 NAMES). The commemorated First World War names are listed on the remaining faces of the plinth.