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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Melton
- Town
- Nether Broughton
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31st October 1920
Attended by: C.J. Phillips JP, Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37795
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Current location
Adjacent to Churchyard south entrance gate,
St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Church End
Nether Broughton
Melton
Leicestershire
LE14 3ET
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 69598 26171
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Three-stepped square base (with uppermost riser the tallest), surmounted by a square sectioned tapering plinth, four-gabled capstone, obelisk-like square sectioned tapering shaft topped with a square boss & wheel cross. Incised inscriptions on capstone, plinth & upper step. Lettering in black.
- Inscription
- Capstone face : 1914 - 1918 // Plinth face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR. / (6 NAMES) // Upper step face : "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brooks, William James
Gregory, Albert Henry
Harby, William
Main, Joseph
Miller, Enoch
Watkins, Kenneth Harvey
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Forenames, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3860 mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- Cross
- Listing information
- Nether Broughton 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
- Condition
- Trafalgar Clock
- WMO ID: 248773
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 03-03-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2000: Generally good but some biological growth on upper surfaces of steps.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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