Aston War Memorial to the 8th Battalion, The Warwickshire Regiment is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2016. War memorial.
Aston War Memorial to the 8th Battalion, The Warwickshire Regiment
- WRENN ID
- half-bronze-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 081 898
- Coordinates
- 52.50683, -1.88062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aston War Memorial, dedicated to the 8th Battalion of The Warwickshire Regiment, is a regimental war memorial unveiled in 1921 by Major General Sir Robert Fanshawe, KCB, DSO.
Located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Aston, the memorial is made of limestone and features a pylon shape with gently tapered sides. It has a rectangular base and stands on a platform consisting of two steps.
The principal front faces southwest and includes a square plaque at its upper section, which contains an inset roundel displaying the regimental crest of a chained deer with a crown collar. Inscribed above and on either side of the roundel are the words ‘ITALY / FRANCE BELGIUM’. Below this, the memorial bears the inscription: ‘TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE / OFFICERS / NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE / 8TH BATTALION / THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE / REGIMENT / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919’. Immediately beneath is the inscription ‘AND / THE WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945’. The deep plinth features a moulded upper edge, and the top of the monument is stepped back. A projecting central block displays a Latin cross in relief, topped by a cornice with two blocking courses that form the apex of the memorial.
The sides and rear of the memorial are inscribed with the names of battles in which the battalion fought.
Local climate
Aston War Memorial to the 8th Battalion, The Warwickshire Regiment 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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