Broughton Gifford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. War memorial.
Broughton Gifford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- high-slate-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: stone obelisk, iron railings.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of an obelisk with a pediment set on a tapering square plinth. The whole is raised on a six-stepped base. The First World War inscriptions are rendered in attached lead letters.
The base of the obelisk bears the inscription which reads: THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED BY / THE PARISH OF / BROUGHTON GIFFORD / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / ALL THOSE MEN WHO / AT THEIR COUNTRY’S CALL / LEFT THEIR HOMES IN THE / VILLAGE TO TAKE THEIR / PART IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918.
On the pediment immediately below this is inscribed: THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES and on the other faces of the pediment is the inscription: THESE ALSO SERVED. Below these inscriptions are the lists of names on the plinth.
The top step of the base has a further inscription which reads: “YE THAT LIVE ON ‘MID’ ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN / REMEMBER US, AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN”.
On the step below this is a metal plaque commemorating the six servicemen who fell in the Second World War with the quote: “IN ALL THESE THINGS MORE THAN CONQUERORS / THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US" Rom.viii.35ff.
The memorial is enclosed by iron railings and furnished with an entrance gate.
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