Churchill War Memorial

A First World War memorial, erected 1920, with later Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: Red Hollington sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: this memorial stands on the south west corner of the crossroads of the Blakedown to Broome and Cookley to Hagley roads, north east of the village of Churchill.

The memorial takes the form of octagonal tapering shaft above a square foot, with a Latin cross at the head with a carved ‘IHS’ central shield. The cross stands on a square plinth with chamfered lower corners, on a platform and moulded base.

INSCRIPTION: The principal face (east) of the plinth is inscribed in memory of those from the parish who lost their lives in the First World War: THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ R.I.P., with seven names below. The north face is inscribed: ROLL OF HONOUR, with a list of 38 other parishioners (including two women) who served and returned inscribed on the north, west and south faces. The names of the two men who lost their lives in the Second World War were added later, and are inscribed under the inscription: THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 on the platform.