Headless Cross War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Redditch local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 2015. War memorial.
Headless Cross War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- spare-rafter-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redditch
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 6m tall monument in Portland stone stands to the south of St Luke’s Church (Grade II-listed). It comprises a cross which rises from a tapered shaft. The cross bears a small shield on which is carved HIS. The shaft has a moulded base and capital, and stands on an octagonal pedestal which rises from a three-stepped concrete base.
The inscription carved on the front face of the pedestal reads:
TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED
The 99 names recorded on the memorial are carved on the other seven sides of the pedestal. On the front face of the top step is carved ALSO IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945.
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, 18 January 2017.
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