Bockleton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 2017. A 1920 War memorial.
Bockleton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-transept-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, dating from about 1920.
MATERIALS: stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is set back from the road and stands in a small enclosure bounded by iron railings, which is reached via a small flight of steps. The memorial itself takes the form of a Celtic-style wheel head cross, of rough-hewn stone with a carved sword down the centre. It stands atop a two-stepped plinth.
INSCRIPTION: the plinths bear inscriptions which read: IN EVER THANKFUL MEMORY/ OF MERCIES VOUCHSAFED BY ALMIGHTY GOD/ WHEREBY OF THE FORTY FOUR MEN/ FROM THE PARISHES OF/ BOCKLETON AND HAMPTON CHARLES/ WHO SERVED IN THE IMPERIAL FORCES IN 1914-1918/ THIRTY NINE REMAINED ALIVE/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ THE TWO PARISHES BY WHOM ALSO A TABLET BEARING THE/ NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL WAS PLACED IN THE CHURCH.
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, 25 September 2017.
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