Barton-upon-Humber War Memorial

The Barton-upon-Humber War Memorial is a First World War memorial with additions commemorating the Second World War, erected in 1921. It is situated on the northern side of Barrow Road, centrally located within the entrance to Barton-upon-Humber cemetery.

The memorial is an octagonal granite column, topped with a crucifix set on an octagonal cornice. The crucifix has a central roundel on both the front and rear, emblazoned with the Christian monogram HIS and decorated with carved leaf and floral motifs. The column’s base is plain, raised on alternating ridged and rounded hoods. The pedestal is a central rounded column supported by four narrow piers, and is mounted on a plinth with a torus band, set on a stepped, octagonal granite podium with quarry-faced risers. Darker blue-grey granite panels listing the fallen are set into the structure, providing greater emphasis and a distinctive appearance.

A cartouche in relief with gilded lettering on the southern panel of the pedestal column commemorates 165 men who died in the First World War (1914-1918), and 48 men and women who died in the Second World War (1939-1945). A quotation from Tennyson is inscribed below. The eastern, northern, and western panels of the pedestal column list the names of the fallen from the First World War, accompanied by their dates of death, with those who served in the Navy recorded on the eastern panel and those in the Army on the remaining panels. Additional granite tablets affixed to the projecting piers record the names of 24 men and women killed in the Second World War on each side of the southern panel; the inclusion of Dorothy M Brooks, Edith P French, and Florence A Pike is noteworthy. Further granite tablets record an additional 33 men who lost their lives.

The octagonal platform paved with grey stone sets and the surrounding low metal railing fence are modern additions and are not considered to be of special architectural or historic interest.