Lydeard St Lawrence War Memorial

The Lydeard St Lawrence War Memorial is a stone cross built in 1919. It features a square base and a sloping square plinth with recessed panels on each side. The tapering square shaft is topped with a boxed Latin cross. The front (east) face of the plinth has the inscription: "IN MEMORY OF THE FIVE PARISHIONERS WHO FELL, AND IN HONOUR OF THE 78 WHO FROM THIS PARISH SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." Below this, the base is inscribed: "ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF LYDEARD S. LAWRENCE, 1919." The south face of the plinth notes: "SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 78." The west face has a recessed panel that reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE THREE PARISHIONERS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THE FIFTY THREE WHO FROM THIS PARISH SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 (NAMES)." The north face is inscribed with (NAMES).