Memorial

Broughton Astley

Entire memorial

Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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Current Location

Corner garden area with Station Road & Frolesworth Road,, Frolesworth Road, Broughton Astley, Leicester, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE9 6PF, England

SP 52562 92814

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 37475
Description: Sited in a small garden at the junction of Frolesworth Road and Station Road. Square concrete base with a further two-stepped stone base surmounted by a square stone plinth, tapering square shaft and small wheel cross. Sword carved into front face of shaft, wreath in relief below. Stone tablets set into plinth and steps. Incised inscription and names infilled with black paint. Whole memorial surrounded by hard surface with pathway from pavement.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face : Erected / by the Parishioners of / BROUGHTON ASTLEY / In Memory of the men / who gave their lives in the / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. / Let those who come after see / to it that their names be not / forgotten. 3, 9 & 12 o'clock plinth faces : (33 NAMES) 6 o'clock step face : 1939 - 1945 / (6 NAMES)

Cross

Height: c 6710 mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1466294

Listed Sept 2019

Base