Broadhembury Parish Memorial Cross

The Devonshire granite cross stands in a small enclosure at the road junction opposite the Drewe Arms (Grade II*-listed), and close to a number of Grade II-listed buildings in the village centre. The plain Latin cross rises from a tapering pedestal, which stands on a two-stepped octagonal base.

The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the pedestal reads: 1914 – 1919/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT,/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN. The First World War names are recorded on faces of the upper step, whilst the Second World War details are recorded on the south face of the pedestal. The Boer War soldier is recorded on the front face of the lower step.

The enclosure, raised from the road level, is demarcated by a rubble-stone wall to the rear with, to the front, low metal posts carrying a spiked chain.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 1 September 2017.