Hoobrook War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 2019. War memorial.
Hoobrook War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-rood-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands on a grassed area beside the Old Chester Road.
The memorial comprises an obelisk with a gently tapering square plinth and roughly-carved square base. The south face of the obelisk bears a relief-carved laurel wreath within which in raised lettering is the inscription 1914/1919. Beneath this in raised lettering is inscribed PRO PATRIA.
The main inscription is on a slate plaque on the south face of the plinth and reads: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES/ AND OF/ (1 NAME)/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS OF/ HOO BROOK.
Further inscriptions in incised lettering read on the west face 18 names; east face 18 names; and on the north face 2 names.
Detailed Attributes
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