Fladbury and Throckmorton War Memorial

A First World War memorial, unveiled in 1919, with later addition for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION The memorial is situated in a prominent roadside location in the centre of Fladbury, to the south-west of the Church of St John the Baptist. It comprises a small, stone Latin cross surmounted on a tapering, square column which is set upon a tall, square pedestal and a two-stepped base. It stands approximately 4.5m high.

The main inscription is on the east face of the plinth and reads: IN HONOUR OF/ MEN OF FLADBURY/ HILL & MOOR & THROCKMORTON/ WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919./ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY/ THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ AND FRIENDS, A.D. 1919./ THE CASUALTIES AMONG 102 MEN/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN FRANCE/ FLANDERS, ITALY, THE BALKAN STATES/ GALLIPOLI EGYPT, PALESTINE, AND/ MESOPOTAMIA WERE-/ KILLED OR DIED OF DISEASE 25/ WOUNDED 30/ INVALIDED 5/ PRISONERS OF WAR 8/ TOTAL 68;

(north face) GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (25 NAMES);

(west face) ON ACTIVE SERVICE OVERSEAS/ (59 NAMES);

(south face) OVERSEAS CONTD./ (19 NAMES)/ RETAINED ON HOME SERVICE/ (7 NAMES)/ SERVED AT HOME/ (3 NAMES)/ IN TRAINING/ (7 NAMES).

The lower section of the pedestal (east face) is inscribed: ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (10 NAMES).