War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard

The War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard is a simple cross made of what is likely local Cary stone. It features a tapering, chamfered shaft set on a square plinth, which stands on an octagonal stone base with three steps. On the front (south) face of the plinth, there is a carved relief of a laurel wreath with the dates 1914 / 1918, and a sword in relief is depicted on the upper part of the shaft. The inscription on the south face reads: 'IN GRATITUDE TO THE MEN OF / YARLINGTON WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY BEYOND THE / SEAS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918'.

On the east face, a stone plaque is inscribed with the words: 'IF HIS DUST ONE DAY IS LYING/ IN AN UNFAMILIAR LAND / ENGLAND HE WENT FOR YOU / ENGLAND; THINK OF HIM AS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS / IN THE NOONTIDE AND THE EVEN / AS ONCE HE THOUGHT OF YOU'.

The west side of the memorial features the names of two local men who lost their lives in the Great War on the plinth, while a later plaque on the uppermost step of the base, also on the west face, bears the name of a local man who died during the Second World War.