Bawtry War Memorial

War memorial commemorating the First World War and Second World War. Pre-1929, designer unknown. Limestone.

PLAN: cross on square plinth with chamfered corners standing on octagonal base. Set into square recess in boundary wall of Bawtry Hall with six steps on the east side down to the road.

DESCRIPTION: tall, tapering and chamfered Latin cross with a scroll at its head with relief lettering spelling INRI (latin acronym meaning Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews). A protective gablet is set over the cross. The cross shaft stands on a deep, square plinth with chamfered corners. The front, east face is engraved IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / 1914 1918 with the names and ranks inscribed beneath. The two side faces are also inscribed with names and ranks of those lost in the First World War, with the three men who lost their lives in the Second World War added to the rear, west face. The plinth stands on a wide, octagonal base, which has the inscription WHOSOEVER LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL SAVE IT. The war memorial is recessed into a niche in the brick boundary wall with railings to three sides and a flight of six steps down to the roadside.