Fladbury Church War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 2019. War memorial.
Fladbury Church War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eastward-attic-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fladbury Church War Memorial, Church of St John the Baptist, Church Street, Worcestershire, WR10 2QB
- OS grid reference
- SO 995 462
- Coordinates
- 52.11476, -2.00735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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).
Local climate
Fladbury Church War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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