NHER 63938 (Structure record) - World War One memorial, Thompson

World War One Memorial
Location: Wood Tree Corner, Watton Road, Junction of Sparrow Hill, Thompson.
Type: Pillar
Description:
The memorial, formerly from Tottington, is constructed from Portland stone, in the form of a freestanding square stone pillar. It is used to commemorate World War One servicemen from Tottington and Sturston, fifteen who died, and forty-five who survived. It has been described as having “a moulded pyramidal cap embellished with floral relief carvings around the cornice and cable decoration around the topmost section of the pillar. It is surmounted on a three-tiered moulded foot which rests on a single-step base. The memorial is enclosed within gated iron railings with arrow-head finials” (S1). There are inscriptions on the pillar, in incised lettering. An inscription with the names of the fifteen dead (Inscription A) is to one face, inscriptions with the names of the forty-five survivors are divided across two other faces (Inscription B and C; S5). The memorial was relocated around 1949 to the parish of Thompson where it currently resides (S7).
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: 02 May 1920 by Lord Walsingham.
Inscription A: ERECTED/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE GALLANT SONS/ OF TOTTINGTON/ WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ THESE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ (NAMES).
Inscription B and C: IN HONOUR OF THE RETURNED/ (NAMES).
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images, War Memorials Register (S5) for images, names and additional details, and 1920-1949 newspaper articles (S6; S7).
P. Beers (HES), 30 June 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 17 January 2025.

March 2018. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1), Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
P. Beers (HES), 30 June 2020.