War Memorial, Churchyard of St Barnabas, Worcester

A churchyard First World War memorial cross of circa 1920.

MATERIALS & PLAN The monument is of limestone and has a wheel-head cross supported by a shaft which rises from a tapered plinth on a three stepped base.

The eastern side of the head of the cross has a large boss to the centre and smaller bosses to the ends of the arms, with Celtic entwined foliage ornament. Below this the tapered shaft connects to the tapered plinth which is inscribed with the wording TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THE GIVER OF VICTORY / AND TO THE HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

The rear of the cross head is similarly decorated and the rear and flanks of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 25 July 2017.