Burneston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2016. War memorial.
Burneston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-brass-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burneston War Memorial is located within the churchyard of St Lambert’s Church. It consists of a stone wheel-head cross with a central rose motif and foliate design to each arm of the cross. The cross rises on a square shaft on a trapezoid plinth which is set upon a single-stepped base.
The memorial is inscribed in raised lettering on the front face of the plinth: THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. On the step below is: OF THIRTY FOUR MEN FROM THE PARISH OF/ BURNESTON WHO SERVED IN H M FORCES/ THEY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES.
The side of the plinth has had an additional inscription added for the Second World War which simply reads: 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
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