Eaton War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions. MATERIALS: Portland stone. DESCRIPTION: Eaton war memorial is located to the southern side of Newmarket Road. It stands within a semicircular enclosure bounded by hedges but open at the northern side to allow access to the memorial. It takes the form of a Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice; a tall Latin cross with an inverted bronze sword to the front (north) face. The cross has an octagonal shaft with moulded foot, which rises from an octagonal plinth upon a two-stepped octagonal base. The whole stands on a two-stepped octagonal platform. The inscriptions and names are carried on the plinth and base in incised lettering. The plinth is of three tiers with a stepped back upper section, a taller central section and moulded foot. INSCRIPTION: the principal inscription is to the upper section and reads in an anticlockwise direction around the plinth starting from the south-east face: TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE BELONGING/ TO THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ 1914-1918. The 107 names of those who died are recorded below to the eight faces of the central section of the plinth. A further inscription wraps round the foot of the plinth, also in an anticlockwise direction, starting at the north-east face, “MAKE THEM TO/ BE NUMBERED/ WITH THY SAINTS/ IN GLORY/ EVERLASTING.” The upper-step of the base carries the Second World War dedication with the dates 1939 – 1945 incised to the north face. The 33 names of those who died are recorded on either side of the dates on four faces of the base.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.