Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Bracknell
- Town
- Binfield
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999), Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18732
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Current location
St Mark's Churchyard
Popeswood Road
Binfield
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG42 4AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 84494 70115
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Octagonal base two feet high on which is surmounted a stone cross. The names of those killed in WW I are etched on the octagonal sides of the base under year of death. WW II casualties are etched in a stone base placed in one of the two steps on which the octagonal base stands.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock plinth face 1: MEN OF BINFIELD / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / THESE LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR / TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, / FACED DANGER AND FINALLY / PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND / SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR / OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT / LIVE IN FREEDOM. // AND DOUBTLESS UNTO THEE IS GIVEN, / A LIFE THAT BEARS IMMORTAL FRUIT, / IN THOSE GREAT OFFICES THAT SUIT, / THE FULL-GROWN ENERGIES OF HEAVEN. // Face 2: 1914 / (3 NAMES) / 1915 / (6 NAMES) // Face 3: 1915 / (9 NAMES) // Face 4: 1916 / (9 NAMES) // Face 5: 1916 / (6 NAMES) / 1917 / (2 NAMES) // Face 6: 1917 / (9 NAMES) // Face 7: 1917 / (3 NAMES) / 1918 / (5 NAMES) // Face 8: 1918 / (8 NAMES) / 1923 / (1 NAME) // Sloping tablet: 1940 / (5 NAMES) / 1941 / (1 NAME) / 1942 / (7 NAMES) / 1943 / (4 NAMES) / 1944 / (5 NAMES) / 1945 / (4 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beaver, Edward
Beaver, William
Belcher, Thomas
Bowyer, Oliver Francis
Bristow, Henry James
Byde, David
Chamberlain, Maurice
Cheney, Charles
Coward, George Edgar
Dray, Frederick Charles
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, year of death.
Order of information: Year of death, surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Year died, rank, forenames, surname, honours regiment/service
Order of information: Year died, surname. - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: 0
Died: 61
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Year died, rank, forenames, surname, honours, regiment/service
Order of information: Year died, surname.
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Binfield Memorial
- WMO ID: 170826
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 21-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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