West Huntspill War Memorial

A village war memorial of c. 1920 set in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, West Huntspill. MATERIALS & PLAN: the monument is of limestone and takes the form of a cross with wheel head placed above an octagonal shaft, with a square base raised on a three octagonal steps.

The cross head has splayed arms and a flat boss to the centre. The tapered, octagonal shaft is topped by an annulet and cyma-moulded cap with ball ornament. There are broaches above the square base, which has mouldings to its upper corners. The south face is the inscribed wording ‘.TO .THE.GLORY.OF.GOD. / .AND.IN.MEMORY.OF.THE.MEN. / .OF.THIS.PARISH . / .WHO.FELL.IN.THE.GREAT.WAR. / 1914 – 1919’. Below this on the top step of the plinth Is inscribed ‘.ALSO.IN.GRATEFUL. MEMORY. / .OF.THOSE.WHO.FELL.IN. / .WORLD.WAR.II. / 1939 – 1945’. The bottom step has a sunken panel to each face.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.