Hurley and Wood End War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Hurley and Wood End War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-thatch-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises an obelisk surmounting a plinth set upon a square three-stepped base. The memorial stands some 2.5m high.
The front of the obelisk bears the inscription in Gothic-style carved and black-painted letters which reads: THEIR/ NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE.
The other inscriptions are incised with black-painted letters. The front face of the plinth reads: TO THE REVERED /AND UNDYING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ HURLEY AND WOOD END/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.
On other faces of the plinth are inscribed 41 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War. On the back face of the plinth is inscribed 1939 – 1945 followed by the names of eight men who lost their lives in the Second World War.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 27 July 2017.
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