Alrewas War Memorial

The memorial stands on the Village Green in the centre of the village and in close proximity to a number of listed buildings. The triangular lawn is enclosed by railings and benches face outwards from two sides of the Green. Originally the memorial was enclosed by a timber fence. The grey granite memorial takes the form of a plain Latin cross rising from the shallow cornice of a square, tapering, plinth. The plinth stands on a square, three-stepped, base, the bottom step of which is concrete.

The principle dedication incised on the front face of the plinth reads TO THE ETERNAL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF ALREWAS WHOSE NAMES/ ARE INSCRIBED HEREON, WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THE EMPIRE IN/ THE GREAT WAR, AND ALL OF THOSE/ OTHERS FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ FOUGHT UNDER THE FLAG DURING/ THE SAME PERIOD 1914 – 1919/ IN LIKE MANNER/ WE HONOUR THE MEN OF ALREWAS/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW and continues on the front face of the upper step of the base, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945.

The names of those who fell in the First World War are carved into the other three faces of the plinth. The names of those who fell in the Second World War are carved into the front face of the middle step of the base. All inscriptions are incised and painted black.

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, 19 January 2017.