Forsbrook and Blythe Bridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 2019. War memorial.
Forsbrook and Blythe Bridge War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-rotunda-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A war memorial of 1921 by Robert Bridgeman and Sons of Lichfield.
MATERIALS: constructed of Whitbed Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: a gabled Calvary cross with a square tapering shaft and plinth, surmounting a two-stepped octagonal base. The north face of the plinth is recessed to accommodate a statue of an infantryman standing in mourning pose with his rifle reversed.
On the east side of the north face of the plinth is the incised inscription HERE/ BENEATH/ THE SHADOW/ OF THE/ CROSS/ BEHOLD THE/ NAMES OF/ OUR BRETHREN/ OF FORSBROOK/ AND BLYTHE BRIDGE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ &/ 1939-1945. The west side of the north face reads LET/ FUTURE/ GENERATIONS/ KEEP THEM/ IN PRAYERFUL/ REMEMBRANCE/ GIVING UNTO/ GOD/ THE THANKS/ FOR THEIR/ GREAT SACRIFICE/ MAY/ THEY/ REST IN/ PEACE. The names of the fallen from both world wars are inscribed on the east and west faces of the plinth. The north face of the top step of the base reads FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
The memorial is enclosed by stone kerbing and set within the car park adjacent to the church.
Detailed Attributes
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