Rockbourne War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The war memorial stands in a prominent location on the main village street in Rockbourne and within a small three-sided hedged enclosure accessed by eight stone steps. The memorial comprises a sandstone cross surmounting a tapered column set on a two-step square plinth. This is set upon a square stone base. Inscriptions and names are carved on the east faces of the plinths; the uppermost reads: TO THE HONOURED MEM-/ ORY OF OUR MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1914-1918. The lower face is inscribed with ten names of those who lost their lives in the First World War. On the south face of the upper plinth is inscribed 1939-1945 and underneath are four names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War. On the west face the upper plinth is inscribed: THE FITTEST PLACE WHERE/ MAN CAN DIE IS WHERE HE/ DIES FOR MAN. A metal plaque was later added to the north face of the plinth which repeats the names inscribed on the east face of the plinth. 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, 6 December 2016.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.