Memorial Cross - Lower Brailes, Warwickshire
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N 52° 03.049 W 001° 32.529
30U E 599966 N 5767692
Memorial cross near St George's church, Lower Brailes.
Waymark Code: WM13PRA
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/25/2021
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Memorial cross near St George's church, Lower Brailes.
"the memorial takes the form of a floriated cross with cusped arms and circular embellishments, set on a cap to a slender, tapering, octagonal shaft. The shaft is set into a moulded base on a tall, rectangular plinth with neatly-moulded and recessed corners. The plinth sits on an octagonal platform of three steps. There are inscriptions in a neat Serif font, picked out in black lettering. The south face of the base is inscribed:
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
FROM THE PARISH OF
BRAILES AND WINDERTON. Below this text the names of the Fallen are given (15 in number). Following the list of the Fallen is inscribed:
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
S. JOHN XV 13. Moving anti-clockwise, the next face is inscribed with the dates 1939-1945 and below this, the names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War (three in number). Following the list of names is inscribed:
THESE MEN ALSO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE LAYING DOWN THEIR LIVES
THAT WE MAY LIVE."
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Names on memorial -
WWI:
Walter Elliott
William Reason
Joseph Alexander
Ernest Austin
Walter Box
Owen Bradley
Jonathon Whing Claydon
William Henry Clifton
Bert Fairbrother
William Field
Charles Hemmings
Thomas Jeffs
Francis Joseph Spencer
Arthur Charles Spicer
Henry Walker
WII:
Joseph Harris
Francis Fowler
Cecil Hibberd
There are two additional names from WWI that have been added at a later date -
Charles Righton
Edward Righton