Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Haslingfield War Memorial, in the churchyard of the church of All Saints, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20 and C21;
* Architectural interest: a modest yet well executed and dignified memorial;
* Group value: it stands alongside the Grade I-listed church of All Saints.
History
Haslingfield War Memorial was unveiled on 1 February 1920 by the vicar’s wife, in commemoration of 18 local servicemen who died fighting during the First World War. It was sculpted by Mr W Whitehead of Royston and was a replica of St Martin’s cross on Iona. Following the Second World War, inscriptions were added to commemorate those who fell in that conflict. The name of a soldier who died in 2003 in Iraq has also been added.
Details
The war memorial stands in the churchyard, to the north of the Grade I-listed Church of All Saints. The memorial, overall 3.5m tall, comprises an austere wheel head cross with round bosses at the centre and on the ends of the cross arms. This rises from a square-sectioned shaft standing on a tapered plinth, itself set on a two-stepped square base.
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