Birley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2019. War memorial.

Birley War Memorial

WRENN ID: veiled-loft-plum
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Country: England
Date first listed: 5 March 2019
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920.

MATERIALS Stone.

DESCRIPTION The memorial comprises a Latin cross with cusped arms on a gently tapering octagonal shaft, standing on a substantial tapering square-section plinth, on a single-stepped platform.

The main inscription reads: THIS MEMORIAL CROSS/ WAS ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS/ IN SORROW AND PRIDE/ A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO/ (2 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1919.

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