Bloxwich War Memorial

The Bloxwich War Memorial is a First World War memorial built after 1919 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located prominently by the roadside southeast of All Saints Church, which is also a listed building.

The memorial features an elongated stone cross with an octagonal shaft and cross arms. A bronze longsword, blade down, is affixed to the front of the cross. It stands on an octagonal two-stepped plinth, which is set on a three-stepped base.

The main inscription, in leaded lettering on the front three sides of the plinth, reads: "ERECTED BY / THE INHABITANTS OF BLOXWICH BLAKENALL / AND LEAMORE / TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY OF 316 MEN / WHO AT THE CALL OF / KING AND COUNTRY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE / IN FREEDOM." The left side notes that "THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED / ON SCROLL WHICH MAY BE SEEN / IN THE PARISH CHURCH / AND IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY." The right side states, "LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER / SEE TO IT THAT THEIR SACRIFICE / WAS NOT IN VAIN."

On the rear of the memorial, an additional inscription reads: "THIS MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED / BY / SIR REGINALD BLOMFIELD R S / AND UNVEILED BY / COLONEL R.S. WILLIAMSON VD / November 5th 1922." Furthermore, on the front three sides of the lower plinth, there is an additional carved inscription: "THIS MEMORIAL IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE MEN & WOMEN / OF THE PARISH OF BLAKENHALL AND LEAMORE WHO SERVED AND / DIED IN THE WAR / 1939-1945."