Lydiard Tregoze War Memorial

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The Lydiard Tregoze War Memorial stands on the upper end of Hook Street. The simple rough hewn Celtic cross is inscribed:

To the Glory of God and in memory / of the Men of Lydiard Tregoze / who made the supreme sacrifice / in the Great War 1914-1918

Sergt. Ernest Arthur Townsend / Pte. Reginald Skull D.C.M. / Pte. Henry Frank Porter / Pte. Percival Edge Smart / Pte Edward David Embling / Pte. Wilfred John Parrott / Pte. Thomas Jesse Lawrence / Pte. John Thomas Titcombe

"Their name liveth for evermore." ECCLUS XCIV 14. (APOCRYPHA)

Added to the granite memorial are two names from World War II: J. Embling / R. Fisher

The monument was unveiled by Vernon 6th Viscount Bolingbroke on 4th December 1920.