Burbage War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Burbage War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silver-gable-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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)
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