Bradninch War Memorial

The Bradninch War Memorial is a tall memorial made of Dartmoor granite, located in the forecourt of the town Guildhall, which is also a Grade II-listed building. The memorial features a wheel-head cross designed in the Celtic style, standing on a plinth and a three-stepped octagonal base. The arms of the cross are decorated with interlace knots and a central hemispherical boss. At the base of the cross shaft, there is a small shield that displays the town’s heraldic device, a spread eagle.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the tapering plinth states: "FAITHFUL TO KING AND COUNTRY./ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF BRADNINCH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919./ 'BECAUSE YOU LIVE, THOUGH OUT OF SIGHT, AND REACH,/ I WILL, SO HELP ME GOD, GIVE BRAVELY TOO'." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on the sides of the plinth.

A later dedication on the front face of the uppermost step reads: "ALSO OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945," with the names from the Second World War recorded on other faces of this step. Additionally, on the front face of the middle step, there is an inscription that states: "WAR IN KOREA/ (1 NAME)."