- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 7467
- Description
- Originally a wooden triptych with a triangular pediment, a hinged door on each side of the central panel, and a pedestal below; after World War 2, an extra hinged panel was attached to each of the doors, in order to add the names of those who served in that conflict. The central panel of the memorial contains a brass Latin cross, beneath whose arms are the names of those who died in both World Wars (each of whom has a gold asterisk beside their name, denoting that they died). The door panels that are immediately adjacent to that central section bear the names of villagers who survived their World War 1 service; the outer extensions of each door bear the names of those who survived their World War 2 service. The dedicatory inscription is painted in gold and red letters; all the names are painted in black.
[Messrs Hughes Bolckow & Co was a ship-breaking company in Northumberland responsible for scrapping a number of famous Royal Navy ships and known for creating items made from the fine old seasoned teakwood timber taken from obsolete battleships. This Triptych in South Stoke has a small brass plate saying "Made from timber removed from/HMS Britannia/cadet training ship at/Dartmouth/1869 - 1905"].
- Inscription
- Pediment: FOR/GOD, KING & COUNTRY
Central panel: GREATER LOVE HATH/NO MAN THAN THIS/ 1914 - 1918/ (WW1 NAMES)/1939-1945 /(WW2 NAMES)/ *THE HEROIC DEAD.
Adjoining door-panels: ROLL/ OF HONOUR/1914-1918/(NAMES).
Outer door-panels: ROLL/OF HONOUR/ 1939-1945 / (NAMES)