NHER 63865 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: St Mary and St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Street, Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description: The memorial is constructed from grey granite, in the form of a freestanding, wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate twenty-eight local servicemen who died in World War One, and latterly three casualties from World War Two. It is described as a “tall, polished grey granite wheel-head cross rising from a four-sided, tapering plinth with moulded cap”, that “surmounts a square, stone base” (S1). There are inscriptions on the plinth in leaded lettering. The former World War One dedication is on the south face (Inscription A), with twenty-eight names below and continuing to the east and west faces. A latter dated World War Two (Inscription B) is on the west face with three names below it. At some time after 1933 the churchyard wall in front was lowered, allowing for the memorial to be viewed from the road.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: Date unknown.
Inscription A: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVER AFFECTIONATE AND GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF HORSHAM ST FAITH’S/ AND NEWTON ST FAITH’S WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US/ AND OUR HOMES DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918.
Inscription B: 1939 - 1945.
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images.
P. Beers (HES), 30 January 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 13 December 2024.

October 2017. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1), Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4).
P. Beers (HES), 30 January 2020.