All Cannings and Allington War Memorial Cross

Heritage listing

Details The memorial stands in the northern corner of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*), adjacent to the main road through the village and the principal entrance to the churchyard. It is in close proximity to a number of Grade II-listed buildings and churchyard monuments. The memorial comprises a stone wheel-head cross rising from a large tapering plinth and a single-stepped base. The face of the cross is decorated with an equal-armed cross bottonée carved in low relief. The memorial stands in a gravelled area, bordered by a low stone kerb with small pillars at each corner. Arranged down the front of the cross shaft in raised lettering, an inscription reads TO/ THE/ FALLEN/ 1914/ 1918/ THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE with a small Maltese cross carved below. On the front face of the plinth in raised lettering the principal dedicatory inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF ALL CANNINGS AND ALLINGTON/ WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE/ GREAT WAR/ (NAMES). This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 22 November 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.