Memorial

Mayfield - WW1 and WW2

Memorial Cross

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Current Location

At the entrance to the Church on the High St, St Dunstan's Church, High Street, Mayfield, Wealden, East Sussex, TN20 6AQ, England

TQ 58649 26998

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 17285
Description: A Botonne cross of Portland Stone stands on an octagonal plinth of two sections. A dedication to the dead of the First World War is inscribed on a bronze plaque fixed to the upper section of the front face of the plinth, the plaque adorned with a laurel wreath. A smaller bronze plaque commemorating the Second World War dead is fixed to the lower section of the front face. Each of the other faces are inscribed with names of the dead in black lettering. Each face on the upper section of the plinth, carrying the names of the WW1 dead, is adorned with a metal laurel wreath. The faces on the lower section carry the names of the WW2 dead. The cross and plinth are placed on a base of three octagonal stone steps. the memorial is surrounded on three sides by rubblestone retaining walls.
Inscription: IN EVER-GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/MAYFIELD/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ IN THE MORNING WE/ WILL REMEMBER AND/ AT THE GOING DOWN/ OF THE SUN WE WILL/ NOT FORGET AND OF THOSE WHO/FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945 Other faces of the plinth: (Names...)