Burley War Memorial

The Burley War Memorial is a Celtic cross erected in 1919 by Farmer and Brindley. It is constructed from Portland stone. The memorial consists of a tapering square shaft set upon a tapering plinth with two steps. The head of the cross features a relief moulding of an interweaving Celtic pattern. Inscriptions are incised and painted on the plinth; the south-west facing side reads “IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WENT / OUT FROM BURLEY AND FELL / GALLANTLY IN DEFENCE OF THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 / “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” /ERECTED BY COL. FRANK WILLAN AND HIS / WIFE AS A TOKEN OF THEIR GRATITUDE / TO GOD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TWO / SONS AND A SON-IN-LAW IN THE ARMY WHO / SERVED IN FRANCE DURING THE WAR,” alongside the names, ranks, and regiments of those who died. The north-west and south-east sides also list names and regiments. The north-east facing side acknowledges the 1939-1945 war, naming 21 men. A small inscription on the south-east face identifies the masons, Farmer and Brindley. The cross stands on a paved square base and is enclosed by a chain fence with three tapering square posts on each side.