BURWELL

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Reference WMO/138056

Address:

St Mary's Church

High Street

Burwell

Cambridge

CB25. 0HB

England

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Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
About the memorial: The memorial is a fixture in the south aisle of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Burwell, consisting of a gabled wooden plaque supported by plain pilasters on the sides. The principal feature of the plaque is a depiction of the crucifixion of Christ; the cross shaft divides vertically the plaque to form two panels inscribed as rolls of honour. The small plate on the upper arm of the cross bears the inscription "INRI". Both of the main panels of the plaque bear the names of thirty-one men who were killed during the First World War. The names are annotated with their regiment, corps or arm of Service, and ranks for officers, and except for a few exceptions are listed chronologically by date of death from top to bottom, left to right. The lettering on the main panels is in black, with that on the smaller panels at the bottom in gold. Beneath the plaque is a tripartite plinth made of Ketton stone, the central portion of which protrudes slightly. The centre panel is inscribed as a roll of honour with dedicatory inscriptions on the outer panels. The floor paving of the aisle in the immediate vicinity of the memorial is associated and laid as part of the memorial and has an inscription highlighting this. Lettering on the stone surfaces is in black. 2010 ..addition of plaques to record the names of those who had been missed off the original memorial and to subsequent conflicts, including that of a soldier killed in Afghanistan in January 2010. This work consisted of the addition of two English oak panels in the style of the original and mounted one either side of the existing panel. Names were sign-written in black to match the existing in font, style and format.
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The bottom of the plaque is inscribed: "They died that we might live" The smaller left panel bears the inscription: "Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord" Whilst the smaller right panel continues: "and let light perpetual shine upon them" The centre panel of the stone plinth is headed "1939 - 1945" beneath which are the names of twenty-four men killed during World War Two; again, annotated with their regiment, corps or arm of Service. To the left of this is the inscription:"In honoured memory of the men of this parish who gave their lives in the Second World War" The right of the plinth is inscribed: "May the living never fail to render to God and to their fellows service demanding sacrifice" The panel in the floor reads: "This floor was laid and the names inscribed above as a memorial to those who died in the war of 1939-1945" The new panel mounted to the left of the original is inscribed: "Post inscriptum 1914-1918" and beneath this are the names of eleven men killed in the First World War; with ranks included. Underneath these names is inscribed "1939-1945" followed by one Serviceman (rank given) and one civilian who died during World War Two. The new panel mounted to the right of the original bears the inscription: "Died while serving their country". The names of four men are commemorated, with ranks annotated; one killed during the Korean War in 1951, one serving with the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in 1955, one serving with the Royal Air Force in 1961 and the last (and most recent) killed in Afghanistan in 2010..

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