Description

BRILL

SP 6513 War Memorial
397/8/10001
20-MAR-01

GV II

War Memorial, c. 1920. Portland stone. Cusped cross with crocket finials on tapered column of octagonal shaft with brattishing at capital. Octagonal plinth on stone step set on base of octagonal tiered concrete steps of 3 risers. Plinth with carved inscription on one face: 'JESUS SAID, GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS'. Carved names of World War I dead in flanking faces. Opposite side of plinth with later brass plaques on three faces: 'TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN FROM BRILL WHO DIED IN TWO WORLD WARS.' with names of the dead in flanking plaques. Sited in village green enclosed by stone bollards linked with chain.

Listing NGR: SP6543613815

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 11 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539299

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