Pulford War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The memorial stands on a small area of ground in front of the village hall (the Grade II-listed Parish Room), with railings surrounding the enclosure and a hedge behind. It takes the form of an obelisk of pink polished granite. On the front of the obelisk there is a wreath and bow carved in relief. The obelisk stands on a pedimented cornice, with on the front-facing pediment a sculpture of a crossed sword and rifle carved in low relief. Below the cornice is a tapering plinth on which the main dedication is recorded. This is incised in the granite and gilded. It reads ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS,/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ “THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.” The plinth stands of two steps of granite. On the riser of the upper step are eight names of those who died in the First World War, arranged in alphabetical order, with the names of a further six men recorded on the riser of the step below, followed by the dates 1939 – 1945 and the name of one man. The whole memorial stands on a rectangular two-stepped base of red sandstone. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2018.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.