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Barton St David

This memorial comprises a single-step base with plinth surmounted by a small stone obelisk. The obelisk has a laurel wreath carved in relief to the top of the front face with a recessed shouldered inscription panel with incised lettering to the plinth. The memorial is centred in a plot approximately 28ft x 16ft enclosed by a natural rubble wall with wrought-iron access gate to the front and ironwork railing to the rear. The memorial is flanked by two square small flower beds. The memorial is located to the south-east corner of the village playing fields at the junction of Broadclose Way and Main Street.

In 2019 this war memorial received a grant of £2,580 towards conservation works from War Memorials Trust. The memorial was cleaned using a steam cleaning system. The memorial was dismantled and a foundation built prior to reconstruction using lime mortar. The construction joints of the rubble walls were raked out and repointed using a lime mortar. The railings were brushed down and repainted. In separate works not funded by WMT, the damaged paving was lifted and replaced with a compacted limestone surface similar to what is thought to have originally been used.

The first currently-known record of the memorial dates from 1923 at which point care for the memorial was transferred to Barton St David Parish Council.

The inscription reads:

Lest We Forget

In 
grateful memory of 
the Men of this Parish
who gave their lives in the
Great War 
1914 - 1918

1939 1945

There is a roll of honour with further names, presumably those who served in World War I, on other sides of the plinth.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM4018
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 60447

War Memorials Online: 210818

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

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