Bremhill War Memorial
The Churchyard of St Martin's Church, Bremhill, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9LA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444572
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bremhill War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The Churchyard of St Martin's Church, Bremhill, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9LA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444572
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bremhill War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Churchyard of St Martin's Church, Bremhill, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9LA
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Churchyard of St Martin's Church, Bremhill, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9LA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bremhill
- National Grid Reference:
- ST9800473073
Summary
A First World War memorial, dedicated in 1920, commemorating the 20 men from the parish of Bremhill, Wiltshire, who died whilst serving their country in the First World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bremhill War Memorial in Wiltshire, dedicated in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of the First World War on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in that conflict;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised stone war memorial, which takes the form of a Maltese cross with a tall octagonal shaft;
* Group value: with the Church of St Martin, listed Grade I and the large number of other listed monuments within the churchyard.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Bremhill as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial was dedicated during a ceremony held in November 1920, and commemorates the 20 men of the parish of Bremhill (including East Tytherton, Foxham & Spirthill), who died whilst serving their country in the First World War.
Details
A memorial, dedicated in 1920, commemorating the 20 men from the parish of Bremhill, Wiltshire, who died whilst serving their country in the First World War.
Constructed in stone, it comprises a Maltese Cross with a tall, octagonal shaft set on a square plinth, with a two stepped hexagonal base. The four faces of the plinth are inscribed, reading:
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / WENT FROM THIS PARISH TO SERVE THEIR / KING & COUNTRY & WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN DEFENCE OF RIGHT, JUSTICE AND LIBERTY/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / [NAMES]'.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/159384
Copy of the dedication document of 1920, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Bremhill/Bremhill%20-%20War%20Memorial%20Dedication%20Service%201920.pdf
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23916
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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