Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Hinckley And Bosworth
- Town
- Burbage
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- T. S. Lord & Sons (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th February 1921
Attended by: Lt Col. C. F. Jones, CMG TD - Dedicated
Date: 26th February 1921
Attended by: Rev R. D. H. Pughe - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14744
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Current location
Junction with New Road,
Soldier Memorial Garden
Church Street
Burbage
Hinckley And Bosworth
Leicestershire
LE10 2AW
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 44280 92572
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two-stepped base with square column-like pedestal surmounted by an unusual marble figure of an infantryman in mourning pose with head bowed & rifle reversed. Inscriptions on sides of column. The whole memorial is enclosed within a garden, further surrounded by a metal railing fence with gate.
- Inscription
- South face : TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE BURBAGE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS East face : (NAMES) THE MEN NAMED ABOVE DIED LATER/ FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR/ 1914 - 1918 North face : IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BURBAGE/ WHO DIED WHERE DUTY CALLED/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adkin, J
Aldridge, J
Alsop, J
Arnold, J
Asbury, J
Barnes, C
Barnes, F
Bass, H
Bates, B
Bradbury, C
See details for all 54 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 60
Served and returned: 0
Died: 60
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: rank - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: depth 910 mm, height 2140 mm, width 910 mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Base
Measurements: depth 1370 mm, height 350 mm, width 1370 mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Figure
Measurements: height 1770 mm
Materials: Marble - Carrara
- Pedestal
- 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
- Burbage War Memorial.
- WMO ID: 232152
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- CARVING SOFTENED BY WEATHERING AND SIGNS OF BIOLOGICAL GROWTH AND BLACK ENCRUSTATION. TIP OF NOSE, LIPS, CHIN AND EARS ALL FROST DAMAGED. THIS DESPITE REFURBISHMENT IN LATE 1999
- Costs
Memorial: £400 - £860 ?
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Link to Burbage Heritage website - www.burbageheritage.co.uk/fallen/index.html
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