Burbage War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details A First World War memorial, erected in 1921, including sculpture by TS Lord and Sons; further names added after the Second World War. MATERIALS: Carrara marble; Bishopgate reconstructed limestone. DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises an approximately 1.8m tall marble figure of a First World War infantry soldier, standing easy, leaning on his downturned rifle, on top of a 2.5m tall square-sectioned limestone pedestal with deep cornice and moulded foot. The pedestal bears the inscriptions in leaded lettering. The inscription is in leaded lettering and reads: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE BURBAGE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./ (NAMES)/ THE MEN NAMED ABOVE DIED LATER/ FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BURBAGE/ WHO DIED WHERE DUTY CALLED/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.