- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 18732
- Description
- Octagonal base two feet high on which is surmounted a stone cross. The names of those killed in WW I are etched on the octagonal sides of the base under year of death. WW II casualties are etched in a stone base placed in one of the two steps on which the octagonal base stands.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock plinth face 1: MEN OF BINFIELD / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / THESE LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR / TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, / FACED DANGER AND FINALLY / PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND / SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR / OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT / LIVE IN FREEDOM. // AND DOUBTLESS UNTO THEE IS GIVEN, / A LIFE THAT BEARS IMMORTAL FRUIT, / IN THOSE GREAT OFFICES THAT SUIT, / THE FULL-GROWN ENERGIES OF HEAVEN. //
Face 2: 1914 / (3 NAMES) / 1915 / (6 NAMES) //
Face 3: 1915 / (9 NAMES) //
Face 4: 1916 / (9 NAMES) //
Face 5: 1916 / (6 NAMES) / 1917 / (2 NAMES) //
Face 6: 1917 / (9 NAMES) //
Face 7: 1917 / (3 NAMES) / 1918 / (5 NAMES) //
Face 8: 1918 / (8 NAMES) / 1923 / (1 NAME) //
Sloping tablet: 1940 / (5 NAMES) / 1941 / (1 NAME) / 1942 / (7 NAMES) / 1943 / (4 NAMES) / 1944 / (5 NAMES) / 1945 / (4 NAMES)