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
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent position on a small triangle of grass at the junction of Church Street (B4080), New Road and Drakes Bridges Road, close to the village cross (Grade II). The memorial comprises 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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