Moulton War Memorial

At a public meeting in April 1919 it was agreed to form a committee to raise money to create a memorial to commemorate the men of the village who had fallen in the First World War. The land for the memorial was given by Salt Union Limited, and Samuel Welsby was commissioned to design the memorial. It was unveiled on 18 December 1920 by Captain W. H. France-Hayhurst. In 1995 the memorial was moved further back from the road, and was surrounded by paving and by a fence.

The memorial consists of the statue of a soldier in uniform standing on a plinth and a pedestal. It stands about 7 m high. At the bottom is a square base, on which is another base carved to resemble boulders. On this stands a pedestal with a cornice and a plinth; all these are in yellow sandstone. On the plinth is the marble statue of a soldier. He is in the uniform of the Cheshire Regiment, and is standing at ease, holding a rifle. Behind the soldier is a shattered tree trunk. The memorial is surrounded by paving, and a wrought iron fence consisting of railings and ten posts. It is painted black, and on the posts are crosses painted gold. The pedestal and the base bear inscriptions. On the…