Buckland St Mary War Memorial

The Buckland St Mary War Memorial is made of Doulting Stone, with the shaft and socket stone of the former village cross made from Ham stone. The octagonal shaft of the original cross rises from a squared base featuring round-headed corner mouldings. The shaft continues into work from around 1920, adorned with a band of nailhead decoration, and supports a tabernacle head that takes the form of a gabled cross, with a depiction of Christ to the west flanked by kneeling angels. The memorial is set on a two-stepped octagonal base from circa 1920. On the western face, there is a carved inscription that reads: ‘IN MEMORY / OF THE BRAVE MEN / OF BUCKLAND ST MARY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919’. A stone tablet recording the names of thirteen men who fell during the First World War is located to the north-west, while another tablet to the south-west commemorates two individuals lost during the Second World War. These tablets were added in 2011.