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Latitude: 51.3757 / 51°22'32"N
Longitude: -2.1802 / 2°10'48"W
OS Eastings: 387554
OS Northings: 164086
OS Grid: ST875640
Mapcode National: GBR 1S2.MM8
Mapcode Global: VH96Q.5P88
Plus Code: 9C3V9RG9+7W
Entry Name: Broughton Gifford War Memorial
Listing Date: 30 August 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1437698
ID on this website: 101437698
Location: Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, SN12
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Broughton Gifford
Built-Up Area: Broughton Gifford
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Broughton Gifford
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial, designed by Messrs W Webb and Sons of Chippenham, unveiled on 22 May 1920.
MATERIALS: stone obelisk, iron railings.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of an obelisk with a pediment set on a tapering square plinth. The whole is raised on a six-stepped base. The First World War inscriptions are rendered in attached lead letters.
The base of the obelisk bears the inscription which reads: THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED BY / THE PARISH OF / BROUGHTON GIFFORD / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / ALL THOSE MEN WHO / AT THEIR COUNTRY’S CALL / LEFT THEIR HOMES IN THE / VILLAGE TO TAKE THEIR / PART IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918.
On the pediment immediately below this is inscribed: THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES and on the other faces of the pediment is the inscription: THESE ALSO SERVED. Below these inscriptions are the lists of names on the plinth.
The top step of the base has a further inscription which reads: “YE THAT LIVE ON ‘MID’ ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN / REMEMBER US, AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN”.
On the step below this is a metal plaque commemorating the six servicemen who fell in the Second World War with the quote: “IN ALL THESE THINGS MORE THAN CONQUERORS / THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US" Rom.viii.35ff.
The memorial is enclosed by iron railings and furnished with an entrance gate.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Broughton Gifford as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The money for the memorial was raised by subscription from people in the village and it was built on common land. Designed and erected by Messrs W Webb and Sons of Chippenham, it cost £300. The memorial was unveiled on 22 May 1920 by Mrs Browne of Gifford Hall and it commemorates the 23 men who fell during the First World War and 129 men who fought and returned.
The names of six local servicemen who fell in the Second World War were added at a later date.
In 2014 the memorial was repaired and conserved with the help of grant funding from War Memorials Trust.
Broughton Gifford War Memorial, unveiled 22 May 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified obelisk memorial.
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