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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