Memorial

Braunston

Braunston - Cenotaph.

Source: Copyright Rob Palmer.

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Current Location

Junction with Church Road, west of Church spire., All Saints' Churchyard, High Street, Braunston, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 7HR, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 53657 66123

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 14870
Description: A dense, slightly tapered, square cenotaph sits on a plinth. The front face of the cenotaph is decorated with a floral band at the top and a laurel wreath carved in relief with a cross in the centre at the base. The plinth sits atop two short bases each accented with decorative mouldings. Both the plinth and the two bases are engraved with a dedication and names of the fallen (the plinth holds the WW1 dedication and names on all four sides and the two base hold the WW2 dedication and their respective names). The memorial sits at the top of a three-stepped square stone base.
Inscription: Front / 6 o'clock plinth face: TO THE PROUD / AND GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF GOD / AND OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" / 6 o'clock step faces : AND / THE MEN OF THE 1939-1945, WORLD WAR. / "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" / (NAMES) 3 and 9 o'clock plinth faces : (NAMES, WW1) 12 o'clock plinth face : IN SURE / AND CERTAIN HOPE / OF THE RESURRECTION / TO ETERNAL LIFE.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 32
Died: 32
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of names: Surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of names: Surname

History

Maker(s): MESSRS J G PULLEN & SONS, Builder
Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Unveiled

26th June 1921

REV C MITCHISON

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Braunston

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Memorial Details

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History

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