Burwash Weald War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 2019. War memorial.

Burwash Weald War Memorial

WRENN ID
sheer-pedestal-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: granite with lead lettering.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located in the Church of St Philip churchyard and consists of a rough-hewn granite wheel-headed cross with a sword carved in relief on the front face of the cross head and shaft. The cross shaft rises from a plinth on a rectangular two-stepped base.

An inscription on the base of the front face of the cross shafts reads 1914-1919. The front face of the plinth is recessed and bears the inscription TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. The names of the fallen from the Second World War are inscribed on one side of the plinth.

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