Brinkworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2016. War memorial.
Brinkworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-latch-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brinkworth War Memorial is located in Brinkworth Cemetery on the north side of The Street, positioned behind the cemetery railings and slightly to the right of the entrance gate. Made of granite, this simple memorial features a small wheel-head cross atop a tapering shaft. The shaft rises from a square, tapering plinth that stands on a low step.
The front face of the cross shaft is inscribed with the words "FOR GOD,/ KING,/ AND COUNTRY." Below this, the front face of the plinth displays the main dedicatory inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE TWENTY MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (20 NAMES)." An additional inscription on the front face of the step reads, "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (1 NAME on a metal strip)." A bronze plaque on the left face of the plinth commemorates "IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (2 NAMES)."
Surrounding the base of the memorial are small modern planters, which are not of special interest.
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