Cowlinge War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1921. DESCRIPTION: Cowlinge War Memorial stands in the centre of the road at the junction of Queen Street with Tillbrooks Hill and is enclosed by metal railings. It is of rough-hewn grey granite and takes the form of a wheel-head cross; a raised boss is situated on each cross arm and at the centre of the cross-head to the east face. The cross has a tall, four-sided shaft, which rises from a tapering square plinth. This surmounts a two-stepped, square base which consists of a rough-hewn upper step and a dressed stone lower step. The principal inscription is in leaded lettering to a smooth, inset panel on the east face of the plinth and reads THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHIONERS OF COWLINGE/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919/ AND ALSO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION/ OF THE PATRIOTISM OF THE 66 LOCAL MEN/ WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/ IN HER HOUR OF NEED. The names of the 30 men who died are recorded on smooth, inset panels to the north and south faces of the plinth, also in leaded lettering.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.