Fladbury Church War Memorial

The Fladbury Church War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1916 and altered after 1918. It is located close to the entrance of the churchyard, to the west of the Church of St John the Baptist, which is a Grade I listed building.

The memorial features a plain Latin cross on an octagonal column with an elaborately carved capital, resting on a substantial rectangular plinth and a four-stepped square base. It is made from limestone, and the faces of the plinth are decorated with relief-carved quatrefoils.

A bronze plaque on the west face of the plinth bears the main inscription, which reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ & IN MEMORY OF THEIR ONLY SON/ JOHN FRANCIS CAPTN/ FIFTH BATTAL ROYAL WARKWICKS/ REGIMENT KILLED IN ACTION IN/ FRANCE JUNE 2 1915 AGED 27/ & I HONOUR TO THOSE OTHERS/ OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY JOHN HORACE & ETHEL FRANCIS." Below the plaque, incised lettering on the stone plinth states: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."

Additional inscriptions in incised lettering on the remaining faces of the stone plinth list the names of the fallen from various local areas: FLADBURY (9 names), HILL & MOOR (6 names), THROCKMORTON (3 names), and WYRE (4 names).