Brighstone War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 2020. War memorial.

Brighstone War Memorial

WRENN ID: weathered-gutter-azure
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Date first listed: 16 March 2020
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with added inscription and names from the Second World War; relocated from within the churchyard to its current location by the late 1970s.

MATERIALS: granite cross with metal lettering.

DESCRIPTION: a Latin cross on a tapered plinth. The bottom of the shaft bears the lettering 1914 -1918 and the face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF BRIGHSTONE/ MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR with the names below. The left hand side of the base is inscribed ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF/ 1935 -1945 with names below.

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