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Latitude: 51.1538 / 51°9'13"N
Longitude: -3.3036 / 3°18'12"W
OS Eastings: 308924
OS Northings: 140197
OS Grid: ST089401
Mapcode National: GBR LR.7QWG
Mapcode Global: VH6GW.P8CC
Plus Code: 9C3R5M3W+GH
Entry Name: Sampford Brett War Memorial
Listing Date: 6 October 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1437846
ID on this website: 101437846
Location: St George's Church, Sampford Brett, Somerset, TA4
County: Somerset
District: Somerset West and Taunton
Civil Parish: Sampford Brett
Built-Up Area: Williton
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: War memorial
War memorial, erected in 1919.
War memorial, erected in 1919.
MATERIALS: roughly hewn granite, with inscription in black metal lettering.
DESCRIPTION: located to the west of the Church of St George (Grade II*), the war memorial is bounded on its north and west side by the churchyard wall and railings (Grade II). It comprises a Celtic-style wheel cross surmounted on a rectangular pedestal with rounded corners. On the west face of the pedestal is an inscription in black metal lettering that reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES) / THIS CROSS IS ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS 1919
The inscription records the six men of the parish who died during the First World War.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War, with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. The Sampford Brett War Memorial was funded by the parishioners and erected and commemorated in 1919.
Sampford Brett War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War;
* Architectural interest: an accomplished and well-realised design in the form of a Celtic-style wheel cross;
* Intactness: the memorial survives intact in its original location;
* Group value: it has group value with the Grade II* Church of St George and the Grade II churchyard walls and railings.
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