Pelsall Memorial Cross

The tall stone memorial is located at the northern-most end of Pelsall Common. On the top stands a granite cross with a square type of wheel-head rising from a slender octagonal shaft, supported by an octagonal plinth. That stands on a four-stepped, octagonal, base. Bronze plaques on four side of the plinth carry the First World War inscriptions and names.

The principal dedicatory inscription reads 1914-1919/ REMEMBER WITH/ THANKSGIVING/ THE TRUE & FAITHFUL MEN/ WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR/ WENT FORTH FROM THIS/ PLACE/ FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT/ THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO/ RETURNED NOT AGAIN ARE/ HERE INSCRIBED TO BE/ HONOURED FOR EVERMORE/ FOR I SENT YOU OUT WITH/ MOURNING & WEEPING BUT GOD/ WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN/ WITH JOY & GLADNESS FOR/ EVER.

The names of commemorated servicemen who died during the First World War are listed on three plaques. The fifth bronze plaque, recording 18 men and one woman who died during the Second World War, reads 1939 – 1945 (19 NAMES) and is set into the ground close to the memorial cross, beside which are three stone tablets recording a further 60 names.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.