Weobley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 2019. War memorial.

Weobley War Memorial

WRENN ID
spare-grate-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Country
England
Date first listed
7 June 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

A war memorial of 1920 date.

MATERIALS: constructed of sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: comprising a plain Latin cross on a tapering octagonal shaft with a plinth and two-stepped square base, set within an octagonal kerbed area. The memorial stands approximately 4.2m high.

The main inscription in incised lettering on the north face of the plinth reads: IN/ GRATEFUL/ AND LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1919. The north face of the upper step of the base reads: THEY SHALL NOT GROW [SIC] OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM. The other faces are each inscribed with six names. The south face of the upper step of the base reads: ALL FROM THIS PARISH WHO SERVED BETWEEN 1939 – 1945/ BY THE GRACE OF GOD RETURNED SAFELY.

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