Memorial

Branston

Branston war memorial

Source: Copyright Colin Murray

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Current Location

Junction of High Street and Silver Street, Branston Community Garden, High Street (B1188), Branston, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, LN4 1NB, England

TF 02323 67319

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 20424
Description: Stone cross bearing Crusader's sword on octagonal stepped plinth and base mounted on three steps. The main inscriptions are on faces 1 and 5 of the plinth, WW 1 names are on all 8 faces of the main plinth and the WW2 names on lower step of the plinth on faces 1, 2 and 8, all incised and picked out in black.
Inscription: Face 1: TO THE PRAISE AND/ HONOUR OF GOD/ AND IN GLORIOUS/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ MEN OF BRANSTON/ WHO FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE WAR FOR THE/ WORLDS FREEDOM/ PASSED TO THE/ LIFE BEYOND/ 1914-1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ 1939-1945/ (Names) Face 2: (Names) Face 3: (Names) Face 4: (Names) Face 5: THIS CROSS OF PEACE/ IS SETUP BY THE PEOPLE/ OF BRANSTON IN LOVING/ REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND IN DEVOUT/ THANKFULNESS FOR THE/ LIVES OF THE 130 MEN/ WHO WERE SPARED/ TO COME BACK./ LEST WE FORGET./ PEACE. Face 6: (Names) Face 7: (Names) Face 8: (Names)

Maker(s): Messrs H T Jenkins Ltd Torquay, Mason
Messrs Cook and Cranham of Branston, Builder
Maintenance History: Thirty seven names were inscribed to those who died in th great war, listed chronilogically and including dates of death, and reference also made to the 150 who returned. A further eight names were added following the Second World War. The memorial was cleaned in the 1960's, but regretably the original dates were not re-inscribed. This was rectified in August 1998 when the memorial was again cleaned and a beautiful garden of rest created together with a new pantile roofed lychgate over the entrance.