Howle Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 2019. War memorial.
Howle Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- winter-rood-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, unveiled 1920; altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite, bronze.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands by a crossroads to the south of the main settlement of Howle Hill.
The memorial comprises a short, roughly-hewn granite cross on a single-stepped base. A Latin cross is carved into the front (south-west) face of the memorial, beneath which is a bronze plaque. A second smaller bronze plaque is attached to the front of the base of the memorial.
The main inscription on the bronze plaque attached to the cross reads: IN HONOUR / OF THE MEN OF HOWLE HILL / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND THOSE / WHO FOUGHT OVERSEAS IN / THE WAR 1914 – 1919 / THE FALLEN followed by 13 names of those who were lost. Below this is inscribed: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / THOSE WHO FOUGHT OVERSEAS followed by an additional 38 names to commemorate those who fought.
An additional inscription on a bronze plaque attached to the base of the memorial reads: 1939 – 1945 followed by the six names of those who fell in the Second World War.
Detailed Attributes
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