Bratton War Memorial

DESCRIPTION: The stone memorial is located on a small green in front of Melbourne House (Grade II), on the main road through Bratton. It comprises a three-stepped, square, base on which stands a square, tapered, plinth. The tall Celtic cross rises from the plinth. On the front face, the outline of the cross shaft and wheel-head are incised with plain lines to accentuate the form.

On the front face of the cross shaft, at its foot, the principal dedicatory inscription begins TO THE/ GLORY/ OF/ GOD/ AND and continues below on the plinth IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WAR OF 1914-1918. The rear of the plinth is inscribed A THANKSGIVING FROM/ W. N. & L. J. DIGGLE OF BRATTON HOUSE. The front face of the top step is inscribed AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. The commemorated names are incised into the side faces of the plinth and top step.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial is approached from the road by a flagged path. The green on which the memorial stands is enclosed by a chain suspended on low timber posts.

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, 16 December 2016.