Stretton Sugwas War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2019. War memorial.
Stretton Sugwas War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stark-lancet-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial with later additions.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location on the A438 to the south of Stretton Sugwas. The memorial comprises a stone Latin cross on a tapering octagonal shaft on a square plinth with a two-stepped octagonal base.
The main inscription in incised lettering on the plinth reads: (south-east face) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914–1919/ (south-west face) (5 NAMES).
An additional inscription on the base reads: (south-east face of upper step) AND IN/ 1939–1945/ (south-west face of upper step) (3 NAMES)/. A further inscription commemorates one parishioner who died in the Korean War.
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