Wildmore and Thornton Le Fen War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The war memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter (Grade II-listed). It takes the form of a tall and slender stone Latin cross, 3.7m in height. The cross rises from a two-stage plinth, square on plan, which stands on a two-stepped octagonal base. On the upper stage of the plinth a prayer is carved in relief around all four sides, reading (east) O LAMB OF GOD, (north) THAT TAKEST AWAY, (west) THE SINS OF THE WORLD, (south) GRANT THEM PEACE. On the lower stage the eastern and southern faces have further inscriptions in incised lettering. The eastern face has the inscription 1914-1918/ IN LOYAL MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. The lowest line is carved in relief. On the southern face the inscription reads 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. 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 March 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.