Hopwas War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Hopwas War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- standing-lancet-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hopwas War Memorial, Church of St Chad, Church Drive, Staffordshire, Wigginton and Hopwas, B78 3AL
- OS grid reference
- SK 175 050
- Coordinates
- 52.64334, -1.74157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hopwas War Memorial is a First World War memorial made by Mitchell and Sons of Tamworth, unveiled on 12 October 1919. It was later altered to include names from the Second World War around 1947.
Constructed from Peterhead granite, the memorial features a Celtic cross with a tapering shaft that stands 12 feet (about 4 meters) high. The cross has a shallow foot set on a tapering plinth, which is supported by a three-stepped base. The head of the cross is intricately carved with interlacing patterns. The tapered sides of the plinth display carved laurel wreaths on consoles.
The inscriptions on the memorial are incised and highlighted in black lettering. The shaft bears the inscription in an elaborate Gothic font: "THEIR / NAME / LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE." The foot of the cross is inscribed with "TO THE GLORY OF GOD." The plinth lists the names and ranks of 22 individuals who died, along with the months they lost their lives, beneath the inscription: "AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HOPWAS / COTON AND ALDERS, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR FOR HONOUR AND FREEDOM." The first step of the base commemorates six men who fell in the Second World War, with the inscription: "ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR / 1939-1945."
Local climate
Hopwas War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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