Chilthorne Domer War Memorial

MATERIALS: carved from stone, with inscriptions in black metal lettering.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located to the south of St Mary’s Church (Grade II*), and comprises a Celtic cross on a square column and base, standing on a square, tapered pedestal. The inscription on the south face of the pedestal records the names of the seven men who died in the First World War, and reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN / PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914 – 1918.

The inscription on the east face commemorates three men who lost their lives in the Second World War, and reads:

SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945, / IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES)

The inscription on the west face of the pedestal commemorates Lieutenant R W Madden of the Light Dragoons who died during the Bosnian War in 1995. The inscription reads:

KILLED IN THE CAUSE / OF PEACE

Above the inscription on the west and east face is a Latin cross, and at the end of each of the three inscriptions is the quotation “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” from Ecclesiasticus 44:14.

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.