Cheddar War Memorial

A First World War memorial, erected in 1920, altered after the Second World.

MATERIALS: stone, with gunmetal plates.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a moulded wheel cross on a tapering hexagonal shaft with a moulded foot, set on a high hexagonal plinth. To each side of the plinth is affixed a gunmetal plate, which bears the names of the Fallen from the First and Second World Wars, together with the inscriptions: IN MEMORY OF / THE BRAVE MEN / OF / CHEDDAR / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / DO THY DUTY / THAT IS BEST. / LEAVE UNTO THY GOD / THE REST. and IN / HONOURED /MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF CHEDDAR / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN DEFENCE / OF FREEDOM / 1939-1945 / GREATER LOVE / HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS / THAT A MAN / LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS. The whole stands on a three-stepped platform of irregular hexagonal plan, on a small triangular traffic island.

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, 14 December 2016.