Alderman's Green War Memorial

The memorial stands in front of Alderman’s Green Free Methodists’ church, overlooking the main road. It comprises a tall dark stone monument with a cross fleury rising from a tapering octagonal shaft. That stands on the pedimented cornice of a tall pedestal, square on plan. The pedestal stands on a two-stepped base.

The corners of the pedestal are carved in the form of columns whose abacus support the pedimented cornice of the pedestal. Each side of the pedestal bears a red stone plaque. The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face reads THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED/ BY THE ALDERMAN’S GREEN/ SOLDIERS & SAILORS SOCIETY/ IN HONOUR OF THOSE/ WHO SERVED IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (11 NAMES). The plaques to the remaining three sides all begin THE MEN WHO SERVED and record the names of those servicemen who returned.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 25 July 2017.