Memorial Cross - All Saints - Braunston, Rutland - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

A combined WWI / WWII memorial cross in All Saints' churchyard, Braunston.

The memorial consists of a two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a square sectioned slightly tapering plinth. The column has a square footed base transposing into an octagonal sectioned tapering shaft, with an octagonal capital topped with a cross. Incised black infilled inscriptions are in recessed panels on the side faces of the plinth & also at the foot of the front column face.

Inscription -
6 o'clock column face
LEST
WE
FORGET
6 o'clock plinth face
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM
THIS VILLAGE WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR.
1914-1918
3 o'clock plinth face
(5 NAMES, incl. one WW2 NAME)
9 o'clock plinth face
(5 NAMES, incl. one WW2 NAME)
12 o'clock plinth face
(5 NAMES)

Names on memorial -
Barrett - George
Cunnington - Ernest William
Hanbury - Evan Robert
Hetterley - Joseph
Hinman - Thomas Henry
Hinman - Charles Richard
Hughes-Onslow - Arthur
Lewin - Edward
Lubbock - Rupert Egerton
Meadows - John Robert
Munton - Arthur Porter
Rawlings - Charles
Sharman - Herbert
Short - Ernest James
Walter - Gladys

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: All Saints Church Street Braunston in Rutland, Rutland England LE15 8QT Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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