Salwarpe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2019. War memorial.

Salwarpe War Memorial

WRENN ID
tired-latch-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, erected in 1920, additional name added following the Second World War, restored between 2012 and 2014.

MATERIALS: constructed of Portland stone with leaded lettering.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a wheel-cross with a tapering shaft and square plinth, and a three-stepped square base. The arms and shaft of the north face of the cross are decorated with relief-carved interlace. The main inscription in leaded lettering on the north face of the plinth reads IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY/ AND ALSO OF ALL OTHER MEN OF/ SALWARPE WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND (NAME), and the upper step of the base reads 1914-1918. The west plinth face reads (NAME)/ CHAPLAIN R.N.V.R/ RECTOR OF THIS PARISH/ 1935 - 1943, and the upper step of the base reads 1939-1945.

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