Showcase result
Leighton Bromswold
Town or City: Leighton Bromsgrove
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2005
Value of grant: £875.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2007
UKNIWM reference number: 318
The memorial in the village of Leighton Bromswold in the west of Cambridgeshire is a Portland stone cross on an octagonal limestone block plinth and shallow base of Ketton stone which is quarried in the adjoining county of Rutland. The four right angle corners around the centre of the cross have tracery-like carving across them. The top section of the plinth has a frieze of regular spaced and carved flower motifs and the four narrower “corner panels” of the plinth are shaped into recesses, into each of which is carved a flower to match those on the frieze. The names of eight fallen World War I soldiers are inscribed on the base underneath the dedication. The lettering is incised and painted black. The memorial is set in a paved area on the main road through Leighton Bromswold (The Avenue) and is surrounded by a low post and chain fence.
In 2007/8 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation offered £875 towards work to clean the memorial and apply biocide, to replace previous cement repairs with new lime mix and to carry out new small repairs with this lime mix, to re-point the memorial where necessary, to deepen and re-paint letters where necessary, to give the memorial a shelter coating, to treat the timber posts of the surrounding fence with linseed oil, to repair the damaged post and to clean and re-paint the chains. In addition the paving slabs surrounding the memorial were re-laid and a broken slab pinned and re-laid.
The inscription on the memorial reads:
"2In abiding memory
of the undernamed Leighton
lads who gave their lives
for their country in the
Great War 1914 -1919
Lance-Cpl. W. Barwell M.M.
Sargeant H. Brawn
Gunner W.A. Clark
Private E.Cook
Private B. Furnell
Private R.H. Jellis
Private G. Limmage
Private J. Limmage
Private S. Seward
Greater love hath no man
than this"
The memorial was unveiled in 1920 and was made by Mr. Pettit of Godmanchester.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2005
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 318
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
