Binbrook War Memorial

The war memorial is located to the south of the Church of St Mary and St Gabriel (Grade II-listed) facing the road and in close proximity to the scheduled and Grade II*-listed Churchyard Cross. It is of Cornish Granite and takes the form of a rough-hewn Celtic cross ornamented with a reversed sword, standing 2.7m in height. The cross rises from a tapering plinth, square on plan, that stands on a three-stepped, square, base.

The plinth is inscribed on three sides with black metal lettering. On the south side the inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY/ OF THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ CONNECTED WITH BINBROOK, WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HEREON/ “LEST WE FORGET”/ with below on the top step of the base AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945. Names are inscribed on the eastern and western sides of the plinth and on the sides of the upper step of the base.

The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10 June 2016.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.