17th September 2024

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Ancient Monuments

Memorial cross at the Memorial Garden on the corner of Frolesworth Road, Broughton Astley LE9 6HZ

Listing Status: Grade II

District: Harborough

Grid Reference: SP5245692849

Inscription reads:

ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF BROUGHTON ASTLEY

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

1914-1918

LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN. [NAMES ]1939-1945 [NAMES]

Picture of the memorial

Concrete base with two steps, plinth, tapering shaft and small wheel cross. Stone tablets set into base and steps. Unveiled July 1921 by Lord Denbigh before the ground was properly finished and fenced off.

http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/202

Picture of the war memorial

Last updated: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:42