Hagley War Memorial

A First World War memorial dating from 1922, later altered to commemorate subsequent wars.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: the memorial is constructed of stone and stands in a walled enclosure.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location beside the junction of Park Road and Kidderminster Road.

The memorial comprises a capped Latin cross with octagonal arms and shaft with a two-tiered octagonal foot, octagonal plinth and six-stepped rectangular base. On the east and west faces of the cross are relief-carved swords across which are relief-carved crowns. On the four vertical faces above the plinth are spray wreaths of laurel and olive leaves in bronze. The memorial stands within a large rectangular enclosure formed by a low wall. The memorial is carved from a fine red sandstone sourced from Annan in Dumfries and Galloway.

The main inscription reads THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THIS CROSS WAS HUMBLY ERECTED TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY, LOVED ONES AT HOME AND THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD/ (20 NAMES)/ LET THOSE WHO COME HERE AFTER SEE THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN.