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    Memorial

    Staplecross Lion

    Source: Peter Alhadeff

    1/5

    Current Location

    Crossroads of B2165 and Bodiam Road opposite The Cross Inn, War Memorial, Bodiam Road, Staplecross, Rother, East Sussex, TN32 5QE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 78138 22409

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    © WMR-17081

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    Type of Memorial
    Composite
    WMR Reference Number
    17081
    Description
    BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH AND STATUE OF A LION COUCHANT. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDE OF THE PLINTH
    Inscription
    THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THE PARISH / OF EWHURST / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) / ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945. / (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    21
    Died
    21
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    9
    Died
    9
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Sponsor Type
    private

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    Whit Sunday 1921

    LT COL CORRIE DSO

    Dedicated

    Whit Sunday 1921

    Bishop Gregory

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: 3048MM

    Width: 1372MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1436259

    https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1436259 (accessed 08/06/2026)

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    143248

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    • "At the going down of the Sun ... Ewhurst Remembers" by Brian M Powell
    • "Staplecross Revisited" by Eunice Peirce