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Baughurst and Heath End
Town or City: Baughurst
County: Hampshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1805
Value of grant: £720.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2007
UKNIWM reference number: 40328
The war memorial in the town of Baughurst, in the north of Hampshire near the border with Berkshire, commemorates the fallen of that town and also of nearby Heath End. It is a Portland stone cross with moulded ends which stands on a slim pillar. The pillar is on an octagonal plinth on a three-stepped base. The front face of the plinth carries an inscription; two faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen of the Baughurst and two other faces with the fallen of Heath End. In front of the plinth an angled tablet has been inscribed with the names of the World War II fallen. The memorial stands in a square gravelled area behind low hedges on the corner of Brimpton, Wolverton and Baughurst Roads.
In 2006/7 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave a grant of £720 towards work to clean the memorial, rake out and re-point the joints, repair damaged areas of the shaft and to re-paint the lettering.
The dedication on the front of the plinth reads
"To the glory of God
1914 – 1918
The Great War
Roll of honour
Let us see to it that their names
Be not forgotten"
The names commemorated from Baughurst are
"Francis R. Abbot
William S. Bennett
George E. Jacob
Robert Jacob
Alexander G. Kelly
Sidney M. Kelly
Frank Kernutt
William Kernutt
Harry Lawes
William Richardson
Charles Rowell
Frederick Smith"
Beneath these names is the inscription
"They gave up their own lives
that others might live in freedom"
and from Heath End
"Albert G. Appleton
Fred G. Appleton
Walter J. Cripps
John B. Greenup
Merrick H McConnel
William J. Monger
Leonard G. Rampton
Ernest Sandford
Tom Taylor
George Warren
Frederick C. Webb"
Beneath these names is the inscription
"At the call of king and country
these men endured hardness and faced danger "
The World War II text reads
"1939 – 1945
Norman Addison Bramwell
Cyril Butler
Garfield Roy Hill
Jarvis Julian Henrick
Brian Ferguson Leadbitter
Stanley Smith"
The memorial stands in land that was donated in 1920 by the local landowner James Cox of Granthams Farm.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1805
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 40328
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
