Eckington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2019. War memorial.
Eckington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-gutter-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Eckington War Memorial, Junction of Church Street (B4080), New Road and Brakes Bridge Road, Worcestershire, WR10 3AN
- OS grid reference
- SO 921 415
- Coordinates
- 52.07187, -2.11562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Eckington War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is located prominently on a small triangle of grass at the junction of Church Street (B4080), New Road, and Drakes Bridges Road, near the village cross, which is also a listed building.
The memorial features an irregular carved stone monolith with a smoothed inscribed panel set on a rectangular concrete base. The main inscription reads: "IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNRETURNING BRAVE OF THIS PARISH 1914 – 1919 (21 NAMES) 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS' 1939 – 1945 (5 NAMES)."
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