Cockfield War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions. DESCRIPTION: Cockfield War Memorial is located on a triangular traffic island at the junction of Church Lane and Howe Lane, to the west of the former public house, Six Bells (Grade II-listed). The memorial is carved from light-grey Scottish granite and comprises a tall wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft terminating in a moulded foot. The shaft rises from a tapering, square plinth which surmounts a two-stepped, chamfered base; the bottom step is carved from a different type of stone than the rest of the memorial. The main inscription is to the south-east face of the plinth and reads, IN MEMORY OF/ THE COCKFIELD MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1914–1919./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The 26 names of the fallen from the First World War are recorded on the remaining three sides of the plinth. A further inscription on the south-east face of the upper step of the base reads, 1939–1945. The five names of the fallen from the Second World War are on the remaining three sides of the base. All lettering is incised, painted black. The memorial stands on an area of paving within a square enclosure formed by eight concrete posts* which are joined by metal rails*. * Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.