Bradford Peverell War Memorial

First and Second World War memorial. Erected c1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

MATERIALS: granite set in a concrete foundation.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, near the centre of Bradford Peverell, and faces south. It is to the south of the Grade I listed medieval church. The memorial comprises a rough-hewn granite cross pattée with a flat outer edge, upon a tapering shaft c2.5m high that rises from a two-tier stepped square plinth 0.6m high. The shaft is carved with a longsword pointing upwards. The upper tier of the front of the plinth is inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF BRADFORD PEVERELL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. On the other three sides eleven names are inscribed with rank, regiment and date died. Beneath the longsword on the shaft is inscribed 1939-1945/ (NAMES), with three names of the Fallen. The memorial is set in a concrete foundation.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 December 2016.