Pembridge War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details War memorial, erected in about 1920. Materials: constructed of stone with bronze inscription panels with raised lettering. Description: located in a prominent position on a small green in front of the village school, the memorial comprises a tall, octagonal Latin cross with a gently tapering shaft. It stands on an octagonal pedestal with a splayed plinth, and a three-stepped octagonal base. To the three front-facing (northern) sides of the pedestal are three bronze panels. The inscription to the central panels reads: THIS CROSS IS / DEDICATED TO THE / GLORY OF GOD & IN / MEMORY OF THOSE / OF THIS PARISH WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR KING AND / COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914–1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE Eleven names are recorded on each of the panels to either side. An additional panel has been added beneath, to the upper step of the octagonal base. The inscription reads: ALSO / WE REMEMBER WITH AFFECTION / THOSE WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE FURTHER CONFLICTS OF / 1939 – 1945 Additional panels have been added to either side, each recording four names, as well as small panels to the three northern faces of the splayed plinth above, each recording one name.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.