Barton Bendish War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details MATERIALS: rough-hewn grey granite. DESCRIPTION: Barton Bendish War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Church Road, Barton Bendish. It is prominently situated by the churchyard wall and facing passers-by, revealed by a lowered section of the churchyard wall that has had railings inserted into the gap. The memorial comprises a wheel-head cross with a Sword of Sacrifice, on a plinth with a two-stepped base. It has a smooth face to the lower section of the shaft, bearing the First World War dedication, and beneath this a similarly smooth face to the front of the plinth, which bears the First World War names. The Second World War inscription was added to the top of the upper step to the base. More recently, a new plaque has been added to the foot of the memorial, bearing additional First World War names. The inscription reads: (shaft:) GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE/ GALLANT FALLEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ (plinth:) (NAMES)/ (upper step:) 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ (slab at foot of memorial:) 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS RESTORED/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/ SILVER JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II/ 1977. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 6 March 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.