Wombourne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Wombourne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-lintel-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises an obelisk, the front face of which is decorated with a Union Jack flag, carved in relief, which wraps around to another side of the obelisk. The lower half of the front face bears a wreath carved in relief and a collar at the base.
The obelisk stands on a two-staged plinth. The upper is tapered and bears the following inscription in black-painted letters on the front face: TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WOMBOURN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919. The lower stage bears the inscription: 1939 – 1945. Names of the fallen are incised on the east and west sides of the plinth, 39 for the First World War and 16 for the Second World War.
The plinth is set upon a three-stepped base.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 19 January 2017.
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