Grantham Journal - Saturday 05 April 1919 (page 8) reported: 'BARNACK. WAR MEMORIAL. Mr. Alfred Webster, of South Africa, has generously offered to erect a memorial cross in the village. Mrs. S. Smalley has signified her intention of having a new altar placed in the Parish Church in memory Edward Smalley, who fell in the war. A parish meeting has decided to obtain estimates for a screen in the north aisle of the Church'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19190405/197/0008

Stamford Mercury - Friday 11 February 1921 (page 6) reported: 'BARNACK THE WAR MEMORIAL. The village war memorial, the gift of Mr. Alfred Webster, was unveiled on Sunday afternoon, in the presence of a large gathering of villagers and visitors from neighbouring places. The cross occupies a prominent position on the triangular green at the western entrance to the village. It is of a very chaste and graceful character, and is from a design by the eminent architect, Temple-More. On the front of the base are the words "To the Glory of God and to the memory of the men who fell in the Great War, 1914 - 18." On the other three sides are the names of the fallen, 30 [sic] in number, viz.: Robt. Chester Reedman, Reginald Knapp, John Quin, Harry Payne, Harry Pick, Percy Betts, Victor Barratt, Fred Hibbins, Robert Parker, Percy Dawson, George Snartt, Joe Cox, George Bryan, Alfred Tuck, William Watts, Edward Smalley, Charles William Reedman, John Berridge, Ernest Tomblin, Charles Herbert Bryan, Ernest Berridge, John James Welby, Harold Cox, Percy Hill, Fred Curtis, Charles Vipan, Charles Horsley, George Latchford, Gerald Pretty, Arthur Cox, Edward Dawson, Charles Dumford. The clergy, choir, churchwardens, and sidesmen met in the vestry, and walked in procession to the schools, where they were joined by the ex-service men under Lieut Fowke and a large number of parents, relatives, and friends of the fallen. The procession moved on to the memorial singing "Soldiers who are Christ's below" Here they were joined by the Marquess and Marchioness of Exeter and others. Mr. Webster said he had great pleasure in presenting the cross to the parish, and Mr. John Woolhouse, as chairman of the Parish Council, accepted the gift. The Marquess of Exeter then unveiled the memorial, saying that honour was due, not only to those who gave their lives, but also those who served and had come back. The dedication by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Oakham followed. The Rector (the Rev. Le Grange Leney) read the appointed prayers and suffrages, and the service concluded with the hymn, "Ten thousand times ten thousand" and Benediction. At the conclusion the "Last Post" was sounded by Sergt-major Cummings, of Stamford. Many beautiful wreaths were placed on the steps of the memorial, including one from the ex-service men. In the evening a muffled peal was rung on the church bells'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/19210211/096/0006

Nottingham Journal - Monday 07 February 1921 (page 3) reported: 'VILLAGE’S SACRIFICE. No less than 32 men belonging to the parish of Barnack, a village near Stamford, fell in the war, and a memorial cross erected in honour of them was unveiled yesterday by Colonel the Marquis of Exeter, the dedication ceremony being performed by the Archdeacon of Oakham. Barnack is a village with which Charles Kingsley was for a time associated'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001897/19210207/067/0003

Stamford Mercury - Friday 15 June 1984 (page 2) reported: 'Re-lettering CANON Charles Mayhew will conduct a service to celebrate the re-lettering of the names on Barnack war memorial at 11 am on Sunday. An residents are invited to attend'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/19840615/040/0002

Stamford Mercury,6/2/2021: 'A history of Barnack War Memorial on its 100th anniversary'. https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/how-a-war-memorial-came-into-being-100-years-ago-9155466/

War Memorials Trust: Details of Small Grant made in 1999: 'In 1999 the Barnack branch of the Royal British Legion began a campaign to conserve the memorial. Public subscriptions were sought and War Memorials Trust gave £200.00. The memorial was refurbished with new plaques and a flag pole was added in the vicinity of the memorial. Following the work undertaken the memorial was rededicated in June 2000. The service used replicated that of the original dedication in 1921 and those attending the service undertook the same responsibilities as those who had fulfilled the roles in 1921. The Last Post and a Lament were played whilst the bells of the local 1,000 year old Saxon church were rung as the names of the fallen were read aloud. Out of a total population of 800 in 1914, the village of Barnack lost 36 men. A further 6 names were added to the war memorial following the Second World War and Falklands campaign'. https://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=348

https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/114885

Historic England's record of the Grade II Listing of the memorial on 17/6/2009: 'MATERIALS: Clipsham Stone and bronze. PLAN: Stepped, square base plinth surmounted by a cross, octagonal in plan with tapered shaft. The main inscription reads "TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORYOF/ THE BARNACK/ MEN WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT/ WAR1914-1919/JESU MERCY/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY ALFRED WEBSTER" HISTORY: The war memorial was donated by Alfred Webster who lived in Barnack before emigrating to South Africa in the early 1900's. It was formally dedicated by the Archdeacon of Oakham at a ceremony on 6th February 1921. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The war memorial at Barnack is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * It is a poignant reminder of nationally and internationally significant events. * A good example of a relatively simple but architecturally distinct tribute to the fallen of two world wars and the Falklands conflict'. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393333?section=official-list-entry

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74199133/john-eyton-jones

Lieutenant Commander J E Eyton-Jones is also commemorated on a tablet in Abington, (to which our record WMR 61096 relates) https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/61096