Burnopfield

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Reference WMO/231041

Address:

Junction of Front Street and New Road

Burnopfield

NE16 6NB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Obelisk on tapering pedestal on a 4 stage base, the whole within a raised kerb which may originally have had railings around. On top of the pedestal is a projecting decorated stone which bears a laurel wreath on each side. The dedication and names are incised and gilded in Roman capitals on all sides of the pedestal. The dates are raised in a sunken panel on the bottom step. The names for WW2 have been added to the risers of the bottom step.
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6 o'clock plinth face: IN THANKFUL RECOGNITION OF / THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR. / (NAMES) // 6 o'clock top step : GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR / HIS FRIENDS // 6 o'clock middle step: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF / BURNOPFIELD AND DISTRICT // 6 o'clock bottom step: 1914 - 1918 // 9 o'clock faces: (NAMES) // 12 o'clock faces: (NAMES) // 3 o'clock faces: (NAMES)

Grade II (England)

1433856

Burnopfield Conservation Area

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