Ombersley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. A 20th century War memorial.
Ombersley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-gravel-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A war memorial of 1946, built to commemorate the First and Second World Wars.
MATERIALS AND PLAN: the memorial is constructed of sandstone and is octagonal on plan.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a small paved area adjacent to the churchyard of St Andrew's Church and consists of a tall stone cross with chamfered edges on a large plinth, which stands on a two-stepped base.
The faces of the plinth are inscribed as follows, "IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ OMBERSLEY/ WHO FELL IN THE/ TWO GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ AND/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ 1939 - 1945 (NAMES)/ 1914 - 1918 (NAMES)".
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 21 February 2017.
Detailed Attributes
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