Hamstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. War memorial.
Hamstead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dim-parapet-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hamstead War Memorial, St Paul's Churchyard, Walsall Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 049 937
- Coordinates
- 52.54185, -1.92858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hamstead War Memorial is a granite structure unveiled in 1920 to honor the men of the parish of Hamstead in Birmingham who lost their lives during the First World War.
The memorial features a Celtic style wheel cross with a plain shaft and a tapered plinth, which stands on a stepped base set upon a rectangular stone slab. The front face of the plinth has an inscription in leaded letters that reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ WHO GAVE US THE VICTORY/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE HAMSTEAD MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS/ FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE/ CHILDREN OF GOD'. The sides of the plinth list the names of 22 men who died, along with the regiments or divisions in which they served. The rear face of the memorial includes the inscription 'ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ DECEMBER 1920'.
Local climate
Hamstead War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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