Broomfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2016. War memorial.

Broomfield War Memorial

WRENN ID
deep-facade-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Broomfield War Memorial is a war memorial erected around 1920. It is constructed of roughly-hewn granite and is located to the south of the Church of St Mary and All Saints, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial stands on a rectangular platform and features a Celtic-style wheel cross on top of a rectangular pedestal with rounded corners. On the west face of the pedestal, there is an inscription in raised lettering that reads:

IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR GOD AND THEIR COUNTRY / DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES)

This inscription commemorates the six men from the parish who died during the First World War.

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