World War I Memorial Cross - Bramham, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 52.827 W 001° 21.302
30U E 608131 N 5971474
This memorial cross was erected to commemorate the men of Bramham who died in World War I and was subsequently amended after World War II.
Waymark Code: WM15WGR
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/09/2022
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The memorial in the form of a cross is in the middle of a road junction. Originally the main north, south road in Yorkshire, it is now a fairly quiet road due to the fact that most traffic has been diverted onto the nearby A1(M) by-pass. The downside is that cars now park next to the memorial.
The memorial is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"The war memorial was raised in 1920. Nurse M. Wright is commemorated amongst the names of servicemen on one of the memorial’s First World War plaques. Amelia (Millie) Beatrice Wright was from a local family and died in service, having fallen ill whilst nursing at a military hospital. An inscription was carved into the memorial’s shaft and a new bronze plaque was added to the plinth following the Second World War, to commemorate the dead of that conflict.
The 5m tall memorial stands in a prominent position at the centre of the junction of Front Street and Town Hill. It comprises a Maltese cross mounted on a tapering shaft made of Gritstone. Inscribed on one face of the shaft is 1939 – 1945 (NAMES).
The shaft is raised on a square limestone plinth, the upper corners of which are cut away. An incised inscription runs round the sides of the plinth REMEMBER THE MEN OF BRAMHAM WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND 1914 - 1918 MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
Bronze plaques bearing the commemorated names are mounted on the sides of the plinth. Three of the plaques read 1914 - 1918 (NAMES), whilst the fourth reads 1939 - 1945 (NAMES).
The plinth is mounted on a three-stepped square base and the memorial is surrounded by six wooden posts with linking chains."
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