The Warminster Official Guide, issued under the auspices of Warminster Urban District Council, published August 1936, noted:
Standing at the Portway end of The Close, and designed as a Keltic cross with the characteristic knot pattern, this memorial is very beautiful in its white simplicity and pleasing surroundings.
The inscription reads: “In proud and grateful memory of Warminster men who fell in the Great War, 1914-1919.”
The name of each man adds to its beauty by being carved in relief on the shaft of the cross.