Dilwyn War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1922, by WG Storr Barber, with later additions for the Second World War. MATERIALS: Portland stone. PLAN: the memorial, which stands on a square base with a concentric border, is located at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a statue of a soldier in mourning, his head bowed and hand resting on a reversed rifle. The statue is mounted on a plinth and base, and is surrounded by a low wall. The main inscription, which is on the eastern side of the plinth, in incised and black-painted lettering, reads: ‘TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY / OF GOD, AND IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR, AND / WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN / HERE, THIS MEMORIAL IS / ERECTED BY THEIR RELATIVES / AND FRIENDS.’ On the south face of the plinth and the base are the names of the fallen soldiers, and the dedication to those lost in the Second World War.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.