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Dunton Bassett

Dunton Bassett war memorial is a Celtic cross constructed of local stone quarried at Croft Quarry. The memorial stands on Church Lane adjacent to the entrance to the church. An inscription and names are found on the cross and following the Second World War a slate plaque was added to the rear wall to remember the Fallen of that conflict.

In 2008 War Memorials Trust contributed £315 to the re-gilding of the names on, re-pointing and cleaning using low pressure water and bristle brushes of, the cross. The grant also covered water and bristle brush cleaning and re-gilding of the Second World War plaque.

The memorial cross is of a standard design by Kelly and Co. It was erected by Arthur Baum a monumental mason from Broughton Astley, Lesicestershire. The memorial cost £144.16.0 and the funds were raised by donations, fundraising events in the village and the support of Major H. H. Robertson Aikman the local landowner. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs Robertson Aikman on 24th January 1920.

The inscription on the cross reads:

To the Memory of our Fallen
Great War
1914 – 1919

Erected by the people of this village

The names on the cross are recorded with the service unit followed by the name:

H. M. S. Good Hope
H. Bexton

H. M. S.Lynx
A. Ford

Royal Engineers
F. C. Bartlett

Grenadier Guards
Cpl. A. S. Wood

The Leicestershire Regiment
A. Bartlett Lc.Cpl
S. Ford
T. Bexton
Lc. Cpl J. A. Higham
T. Ford
J. W. Killpack
Lc. Cpl. G. W. Webb

South Staff
J. J. Sharman

London Rifle Brigade
H. J. Langham

R. A. S. C.
G. H. Brookes 

The Second World War plaque reads:

The World War
1939-1945

Sapr. H. Hogg R.E.
Capt. T. Crump. R.E.
1st Offr C. W. Morris A.T.A.
Rifn. S. C. Johnston Rifle Brigade
F. O. J. A. Thompson RAF

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2365
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 37780

Dunton Bassett History Group via the application material supplied

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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