Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
New Forest
Town
Bransgore
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
21364

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Current location

At the cross roads with Burley Road
Ringwood Road
Bransgore
New Forest
Hampshire
BH23 8HZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 18842 97915
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
ROUGH HEWN CELTIC-STYLE CROSS ON SQUARE TAPERED PLINTH AND TWO-STEP BASE. INSCRIPTION AND NAMES IN LEAD LETTERING ON THREE FACES OF PLINTH APART FROM WW2 NAMES WHICH ARE ON TOP STEP OF BASE. POST-WW2 INSCRIPTION IS METAL PLAQUE IN BLACK LETTERING ON WOODEN FRAME FIXED TO TOP STEP OF BASE.. NO ORNAMENTATION
Inscription
6 O'CLOCK (ON PLINTH): ERECTED BY THE/ INHABITANTS OF BRANSGORE/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE MEN OF THE PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR FRIENDS/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ALSO THOSE WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE IN THE 1939-1945 WAR/ (ON BASE STEP) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 3 O'CLOCK (ON PLINTH): WW1 NAMES/ (ON BASE): IN MEMORY OF ALL MEMBERS OF H.M. FORCES/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO HAVE DIED SERVING THEIR/ COUNTRY FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY/ 9 O'CLOCK (ON PLINTH): WW1 NAMES; (ON BASE): WW2 NAMES
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bishop, Frederick
Cake, Ernest
Cake, Frank
Cake, Harry
Chilcott, George
Cole, Albert
Cook, Alfred
Corbin, William
Harris, Reginald
Hayward, Frederick
See details for all 25 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: forename
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 23
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 23
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
  • Bransgore War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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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