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Barnack
Town or City: Barnack
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2538
Value of grant: £200.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Adding and/or correcting inscriptions/names
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 1999
UKNIWM reference number: 8438
Barnack's war memorial takes the form of a cross, three steps lead up to the plinth upon which it stands. The memorial is on Stamford Road in Barnack.
In 1999 the Barnack branch of the Royal British Legion began a campaign to conserve the memorial. Public subscriptions were sought and War Memorials Trust gave £200.00. The memorial was refurbished with new plaques and a flag pole was added in the vicinity of the memorial.
Following the work undertaken the memorial was rededicated in June 2000. The service used replicated that of the original dedication in 1921 and those attending the service undertook the same responsibilities as those who had fulfilled the roles in 1921. The Last Post and a Lament were played whilst the bells of the local 1,000 year old Saxon church were rung as the names of the fallen were read aloud.
Out of a total population of 800 in 1914, the village of Barnack lost 36 men. A further 6 names were added to the war memorial following the Second World War and Falklands campaign.This cross was erected by Alfred Webster.
The inscription on the memorial reads:
To the Glory
of God and in
memory of
the Barnack
men who fell
in the Great
War 1914 - 1919
Jesu Mercy
1939 - 1945
The names recorded, taken from Order of Service at the memorial's rededication on 24th June 2000, are:
World War I
Victor Barratt
Ernest Berridge
John Berridge
Percy Betts
Charles Herbert Bryan
George Bryan
Arthur Cox
Harold Cox
Joe Cox
Fred Curtis
Edward Dawson
Percy Dawson
Charles Dumford
Fred Hibbins
Percy Hill
Charles Horsley
Reginald Knapp
George Latchford
Robert Parker
Harry Payne
Harry Pick
Gerald Pretty
John Quin
Charles William Reedman
Robert Chester Reedman
Edward Smalley
George Snartt
Ernest Tomblin
Alfred Tuck
Charles Vipan
William Watts
John James Welby
World War II
T. Charity
Arthur John Dearden
Frank Goodliffe
Eric Hugh Montgomery Nesbitt
Richard Pollard
Falkland Islands
John Edward Eyton-Jones
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2538
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 8438
Formerly OWM46
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
