Cleobury North War Memorial

A churchyard war memorial dedicated in March 1920, designed by RB Dawson and carved by George Brown and Son. MATERIALS and PLAN: Grinshill sandstone and limestone. A cross with tapered, octagonal shaft and arms above a moulded base with stepped plinth. The cross head has carved foliage at the junctions between the arms of the cross. Each arm swells to a plain boss and there is a moulded ring at the juncture with the shaft. The shaft is tapered and rises from a moulded foot and is supported on a stepped base, the western side of which has an inset limestone plaque inscribed: ‘HERE AMID THE HALLOWED GRAVES / OF THEIR DEPARTED THE PEOPLE / OF CLEOBURY NORTH HAVE PLACED / THIS MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO DIED / FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the topmost step of the plinth. On the east side is inscribed ‘BY THIS MEMORIAL THE PEOPLE / OF CLEOBURY NORTH ALSO / COMMEMORATE WITH PRIDE / AND GRATITUDE THEIR / FELLOW COUNTRYMEN WHO / FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945’ (the name of the fallen on the upper step, below). The other two sides are blank.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 6 March 2017.