Middle Chinnock War Memorial

War memorial, probably erected by 1921.

MATERIALS: carved from Ham stone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located at the south-east corner of the churchyard of the church of St Margaret. Standing on a square platform, the memorial comprises a square-based tapered pedestal with an octagonal shaft above, surmounted by a wheel cross. The base of the shaft has a square plinth supporting a torus above which is encased at the corners with a beak-style moulding which runs from the base of the shaft to the plinth. The upper section of the shaft has a plain octagonal annulet. The east face of the pedestal is inscribed IN / MEMORY / OF/ ARTHUR / AND / FREDERICK FRY / AND / ERNEST HOCKEY / KILLED IN ACTION / AND ALSO / THOSE OF MIDDLE CHINNOCK / WHO SERVED DURING / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919. The west face of the pedestal is inscribed ALSO TO / THE MEMORY OF / SIDNEY RALPH / LANGDON / KILLED IN ACTION / SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1943.

This List entry has been 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, 15 December 2016.