Castle Cary War Memorial

A war memorial of c.1920 which commemorates the dead of both World Wars.

MATERIALS: granite with incised, lead lettering.

PLAN: an island constructed to the north-western side of the horse pond which is set at the junction of Fore Street, Lower Park Street and Ashby Place. The memorial is rectangular in section with a cross set above a plinth which rises above a stepped platform.

The street front, facing north-west towards Ashby Place, has a cross with wheel head and tapered shaft, below which the plinth takes the form of a rough-hewn rectangular boulder with a recessed, smooth, panel to the front, which reads ‘THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919’. Below this is an added panel with angled face, which reads ‘1939 / TO / 1945’ at centre, flanked by the names of those who fell in the Second World War. The flanks of the plinth have recessed smooth panels which bear the names of those who died in the First World War.

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, 14 December 2016.