Portobello War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 2016. War memorial.

Portobello War Memorial

WRENN ID
low-bronze-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Walsall
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Portobello War Memorial is a stone Latin cross mounted on an obelisk, which features carved interlacing foliate designs. It is set on an octagonal two-stepped chamfered plinth that rests upon a two-stepped base.

On the front face of the obelisk, there are slate plaques with a gilded dedication that reads: "THE/ ROSE AND CROSS/ OUR EMBLEM TRUE/ OF LOVE THAT/ OUT OF SUFFERING GREW/ THE LOVE WHICH/ KINDLETH SOULS TO LIVE/ THE PUREST LOVE/ THAT ONE CAN GIVE/ WON BY/ UNSELFISHNESS AND PAIN/ THAT BROTHERHOOD.

ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS/ IN/ HONOUR/ OF THE BRAVE MEN/ OF/ PORTOBELLO/ WHO FOUGHT/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES.

THOU WAST THEIR ROCK THEIR/ FORTRESS AND THEIR MIGHT/ THOU, LORD, THEIR CAPTAIN/ IN THE WELL FOUGHT FIGHT/ THOU IN THE DARKNESS DREAR/ THEIR ONE TRUE LIGHT."

The other three faces of the obelisk display lists of the 312 fallen men from the First World War, also gilded onto slate plaques. Above each of these plaques, the words DUTY, SACRIFICE, and LIBERTY are carved into the stone, with one word on each face.

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