Lydeard St Lawrence War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details A war memorial cross of 1919 date. MATERIALS: of dressed stone. DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is a cross on a square base and sloping square plinth with recessed panels to each face. The tapering square shaft is surmounted by a boxed Latin cross. The front (east) face of the plinth reads: IN MEMORY OF THE FIVE/ PARISHIONERS WHO FELL, / AND IN HONOUR / OF THE 78 WHO FROM THIS / PARISH SERVED IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919. The base below is inscribed: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF LYDEARD S. LAWRENCE, 1919. The south face of the plinth is inscribed: SERVED IN / THE GREAT WAR / 78.The west has a recessed panel reads: IN MEMORY OF THE THREE / PARISHIONERS WHO FELL / AND IN HONOUR OF THE/ FIFTY THREE WHO FROM / THIS PARISH SERVED IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES). The north face is inscribed: (NAMES). 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.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.