Brompton-on-Swale War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 2013. War memorial.

Brompton-on-Swale War Memorial

WRENN ID
rooted-lantern-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 2013
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

War Memorial erected after the First World War.

MATERIALS: granite Celtic cross with applied inscriptions to the cross base set on a simple, single limestone step within a kerbed enclosure.

DESCRIPTION: main inscription is on the south face and reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN THANKFUL / REMEMBRANCE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/GREAT EUROPEAN WAR / 1914 -1918

Followed by 11 names with first name followed by surname without reference to rank or unit.

The east (side) face reads:

ALSO TO THOSE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945

Followed by a further 11 names in the same format as the south face inscription.

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 February 2017.

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