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Lower Benefield
Town or City: Lower Benefield
County: Northamptonshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1292
Value of grant: £250.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2005
UKNIWM reference number: 14916
Lower Benefield war memorial cross stands in the Churchyard of St Mary's. Two octagonal steps supported the plinth upon which stands a tapering shaft and crucifix. On the reverse of the crucifix is found a figure of the Virgin and Child. The memorial was listed in 2002 at grade II and is within Lower Benefield conservation area.
The memorial has received multiple grants and the summary details of this record relate to the most recent grant.
In 2002/3 English Heritage gave a grant of £250 towards cleaning the memorial as phase one of a staged project. It was felt in the circumstances that cleaning was required to enable a further review to be undertaken as to the extent of additional work required.
In 2005 War Memorials Trust made an offer of £250 towards repair work on the memorial through the Small Grants Scheme. This included assisting the costs of stonework repairs, re-pointing using a lime mortar and the preparation of a condition report.
Fourteen names of the Fallen from World War I are recorded on the memorial which was erected in 1919. The memorial was designed by Sir Ninian Comper.
The inscription reads:
Greater love
hath no man
than this
that a man lay down
his life
for his friends
In memory of the men of
Benefield who gave their
lives for England 1914-1919
William Quincey Feb 6 1915
John Nichols May 9 1915
Rowland Chapman Jan 21 1916
Wilfred Knapp Jan 20 1917
Thomas Humphreys May 12 1917
Brian Ward June 14 1917
Christopher J Quincey June 29 1917
Fred Bettles MM July 4 1917
Alfred Plowright July 17 1917
Joseph Plowright Aug 18 1917
Frank Howard March 12 1918
Edward Messant Oct 16 1918
Ernest Plowright Dec 7 1918
Robert Quincey Aug 28 1919
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1292
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 14916
The memorial is listed building number 489539
More information about Sir Ninian Comper
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
