Colwall War Memorial

The Colwall War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located within a memorial garden to the south-east of the Church of St James the Great, which is also listed as Grade II*.

The memorial features a three-stepped octagonal base, a pedestal, and a tapering octagonal shaft topped with a stone calvary cross that has a pitched canopy. It stands on a square concrete platform. On the east face of the shaft, the letters RIP are inscribed.

The east face of the pedestal bears the inscription: "HONOUR THE BRAVE WHO FROM THIS PARISH IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918 MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR HUMANITY." The west face contains the words: “ALL THEY HAD HOPED FOR ALL THEY HAD THEY GAVE TO SAVE MANKIND THEMSELVES THEY SCORNED TO SAVE. GRANT THEM, O LORD ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.”

The names of 49 fallen soldiers are recorded on the six other faces of the pedestal. Additionally, an inscription has been added to the upper section of the pedestal, with "1939–1945" on the east face and "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV.14" on the west face. The names of 13 parishioners who died in the Second World War are inscribed on the six other faces as well.