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    Memorial

    Stanton Under Bardon

    Stanton Under Bardon War Memorial Cross

    Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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    Current Location

    Memorial set into Churchyard wall, facing pavement,, St. Mary & All Saints' Churchyard, Main Street, Stanton under Bardon, Hinckley And Bosworth, Leicestershire, LE67 9TQ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 46657 10347

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    37569
    Description
    Protruding two-stage, five-sided plinth, partially set into a support wall, stands on the upper step of two wide steps from pavement. Rising from the plinth upper stage is a square sectioned tapering Latin cross with Sword of Sacrifice in relief at front. Plan view of plinth takes the form of a half-octagonal footprint. Inscribed bronze plaque on each front face of upper & lower plinth. Both plaques are similarly decorated with an engraved dual-lined border with outward facing loops at corners. Name plaque has a British Legion motif engraved centrally above WW1, WW2 names.
    Inscription
    Upper plinth, plaque : THEY DIED IN WAR / THAT WE IN PEACE MAY LIVE / THEY GAVE THEIR BEST. / SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE Lower plinth, plaque : NAMES OF THE FALLEN / [left] 1914 - 1918 / (7 NAMES) || [right] 1939 - 1945 / (6 NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    surname, forename
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    6
    Died
    6
    Information shown
    surname, forename
    Order of names
    surname

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2900 mm

    Width: 4230 mm

    Depth: 1600 mm


    Made from: Concrete


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1467317

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the church’s community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20, unusually erected after the Second World War, to commemorate those lost in the First and Second World Wars. Architectural interest: * for its design, a dignified cross of sacrifice.

    Plaques

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1467317

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the church’s community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20, unusually erected after the Second World War, to commemorate those lost in the First and Second World Wars. Architectural interest: * for its design, a dignified cross of sacrifice.

    • "Stanton under Bardon War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1467317. Accessed 30 August 2024.