Seaford War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The memorial stands in a small garden in the junction of Sutton Park Road and Avondale Road. It is a tall memorial cross built of Cornish granite. The wheel-head cross, in the Celtic style, is decorated with carved interlace patterns which extend onto a panel on the front face of the cross shaft. Five hemispherical bosses ornament the front face of the cross head. The cross shaft is supported by a plinth and two-stepped base. Leaded lettering on the recessed front, south-facing, side of the plinth reads THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY. On the west-facing side of the plinth are the names of those who were killed during the Boer War, listed alphabetically below the dates 1899 - 1902, followed by casualties from the First World War listed under the dates 1914 – 1918. The names of further servicemen killed in the First World War continue on the east-facing side of the plinth. On the north-facing side are the names of those killed in the Second World War: the inscription reads 1939 – 1945/ SERVICES/ (NAMES)/ CIVILIANS/ (NAMES).

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.