Walsall Wood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 2019. Memorial.
Walsall Wood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- steep-terrace-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1920s.
PLAN: the memorial stands in the churchyard to the south-east of St John’s Church.
MATERIALS: constructed from limestone.
DESCRIPTION: it takes the form of a stone Celtic cross with knotwork carved in relief on the south-east face of the cross head. The tapering cross shaft rises from a moulded plinth on a two-stepped base. The south-east face of the cross shaft bears in inscription in lead lettering: ‘TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE / WALSALL WOOD MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / HONOUR AND FREEDOM / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN / HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS’ / THEIR DEEDS WILL LIVE / FOR EVERMORE’. The names of the First World War fallen, numbering 112, are listed on the other three faces of the plinth. A further name is recorded on the south-east face of the top step of the base.
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