Upper Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 2016. War memorial.
Upper Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gentle-flint-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: Upper Hill War Memorial consists of a wheel-head cross on a tapered shaft decorated with an incised Sword of Sacrifice on the front face.
The shaft is set upon a two-tiered plinth and a single-step base. The front of the plinth has two recessed panels, one on each tier. The upper tier carries the inscription which reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THE GIVER OF VICTORY AND/ TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF UPPER HILL/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. The lower tier is incised with the names of the fallen followed by the inscription BY THEIR DEATH WE LIVE.
The left face of the lower tier bears a name from 1920 whilst the right face carries the details of a fallen submariner from the Second World War.
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