Bramhall War Memorial including memorial garden front boundary wall

First World War memorial of 1921, with Second World War additions, by Arthur Davies (based upon Sir Reginald Blomfield's Cross of Sacrifce design).

MATERIALS: Portland stone, bronze sword, gritstone wall.

DESCRIPTION: facing east in a memorial garden at the south end of the Bramhall Lane South Conservation Area, with a low cock-and-hen stone boundary wall with square piers.

The memorial stands around 4m tall and comprises a Cross of Sacrifice on an octagonal plinth with two-stepped foot and a two-stepped octagonal base.

The shaft and arms of the cross are tapering and chamfered to an octagonal section, with caps to the end of each. The base of the shaft has an ogee foot. Above this the east face has a shield over crossed palm leaves, inscribed, THE GREAT/ WARS/ 1914-1918/ 1939-1945. The east face of the cross also has a bronze sword.

The plinth is carved around its upper edge with a rose, shamrock and thistle to the front, and on the other faces in Gothic lettering the inscription, YOU GAVE/ YOUR/ LIVES/ FOR/ COUNTRY/ HOME/ & DUTY, with flowers emblematic of simplicity, sweetness, purity, sacrifice, victory, suffering, sturdiness, cheerfulness and love. The front panel of the plinth is inscribed in serifed lettering, WE/ REMEMBER/ YOU/ AND ARE/ GRATEFUL./ WE ERECT/ THIS/ MONUMENT/ TO YOUR/ HONOUR/ AND/ MEMORY.

The names of the Fallen are inscribed in modern lettering on the other faces, in alphabetical order without ranks, 16 per panel under the dates of the First World War (southern three panels) and 14 per panel under the dates of the Second World War (northern three panels, with only 13 names in the last panel). The rear panel is inscribed with the Ode of Remembrance.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 January 2024 to correct a typo