Branston village war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 2017. Memorial.
Branston village war memorial
- WRENN ID
- lesser-parapet-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Branston village war memorial, Main Street, Burton Upon Trent, DE14 3ER
- OS grid reference
- SK 224 211
- Coordinates
- 52.78769, -1.66872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Branston village war memorial is a First World War memorial, built around 1920 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of sandstone and features a Latin cross with a slim carved cross within a recess on its front face, accompanied by a foliate relief carving below. The memorial stands on a moulded foot, rising from a square plinth with a moulded top and base, and is set on a two-stepped polygonal platform.
In front of the memorial, there is a later block integrated into the steps, which has a cross carved into its top face. The inscriptions are displayed on relief panels. The front of the plinth is inscribed with the words: "IN MEMORY OF BRANSTONE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 THEY REST IN PEACE." The other faces of the plinth list the names of the men who lost their lives in the First World War.
The later block at the base of the memorial reads: "AND IN MEMORY OF BRANSTONE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945." The names of those who fell in that conflict are inscribed on the two sides of this block.
Local climate
Branston village war memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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