Graffham And East Lavington War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details GRAFFHAM 1899/0/10049 THE STREET 19-SEP-07 War Memorial II War memorial of granite erected by Sir James Buchanan Bart of Lavington Park and the inhabitants of Graffham and East Lavington in the aftermath of the First World War. DESCRIPTION The war memorial consists of a two-step square calvary (symbolically steps leading to the cross) on which is a square plinth with mouldings above and below. Above this is a our sided granite stone column surmounted by an orb. On the front, north side, of the plinth is a dedication to the erection of the memorial and to the men of the parish who fell and served in the First World War which reads: ERECTED BY/SIR JAMES BUCHANAN BART/OF LAVINGTON PARK/AND THE INHABITANTS OF/GRAFFHAM & EAST LAVINGTON/IN PROUD & LOVING MEMORY OF/THE 25 MEN OF THESE PARISHES/WHOSE NAMES ARE ENGRAVEN/HEREON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN /THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 FOR/RIGHT FREEDOM AND HONOUR/AND/IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF/THOSE 117 MEN WHO ALSO SERVED/& WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED/IN THE PARISH CHURCH ROLL/OF HONOUR/"THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER". On the other three sides are the names of the men who fell between 1914 and 1918, and on the base moulding below the plinth are the names of those who fell between 1939 and 1945. On the east side of the plinth are the names of four men who fell in 1914, including two from the Ede family, and four names for 1915. Below, on the base moulding, are three from the Wallace family dated 1939-1945. On the south side of the plinth are the names of six men who fell in 1916 and below them two who fell in 1917; below on the base moulding are three from 1939-1945. Finally, on the west side of the plinth are nine names for 1918, including two from the Cooper family (another Cooper is listed on the south side for 1916), and on t

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.