Long Sutton War Memorial

War memorial, erected in c1920.

MATERIALS: carved from Hamstone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands at the edge of the churchyard and is octagonal on plan. It comprises a Latin cross with octagonal arms and shaft rising from a plinth on a six-stepped base. The plinth has a chamfered top and a fretted cornice, and each of its four faces has a trefoil-arched inscription panel. The panel on east face is inscribed: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ IN THANKSGIVING/ FOR VICTORY AND PEACE/ AND TO THE/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918; the north and east faces record the names of those who lost their lives. The south face carries the inscription: 1919/ (NAME)/ ERECTED BY/ THE PEOPLE OF/ LONG SUTTON/ 1939-1945/ (NAME).

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: enclosed by low boundary walls with stone coping, with piers and an iron gate on the west side.

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, 23 November 2017.