Babcary War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 2016. War memorial.

Babcary War Memorial

WRENN ID: watchful-soffit-starling
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 9 May 2016
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

A First World War memorial erected in the c1920s in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross in Babcary to commemorate the four men in the parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country. The names of the fallen are given on a brass plaque inside the adjacent church.

The monument consists of a stone carved obelisk set on a tapered pedestal with blind panels. One side of the obelisk, visible from Church Road, has a carved flag which wraps around the base, with a small wreath above it at the top of the obelisk.

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, 23 November 2017.

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