Cressage War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 2017. Memorial.
Cressage War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- wild-courtyard-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cressage War Memorial is a village war memorial that was unveiled in 1920. It is made of Grinshill sandstone, which is hammer dressed, and takes the form of a Celtic cross with a tapered shaft. The tapered base is set on a platform with a single, stepped plinth, and the memorial is located at a crossroads in the center of the village.
The wheelhead of the cross features a central boss with arms shaped like segments of a circle and a recessed circlet. The tapered base includes an inset plaque that reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE FOLLOWING MEN / WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918.’ This plaque lists eight names of the fallen.
On the opposite side of the base, there is an inscription added to commemorate those who lost their lives in the Second World War, which reads ‘1939 – 1945/ IN MEMORY OF/ A. MANNING./ F. ROBERTS.’
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