Stourport on Severn war memorials

A First World War memorial, designed by The Bromsgrove Guild, erected in 1922; sundial added as Second World War memorial in 1954.

MATERIALS: First World War Memorial: Portland stone and red brick. Second World War Memorial: York stone.

DESCRIPTION: The First World War memorial takes the form of a series of stone tablets set into recessed panels in a red brick wall, the whole about 1.8m high and 2.9m wide. The upper tablet is inscribed TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD. Below, a shallower tablet reads 1914 – 1918. The larger part of the wall is taken up with the roll of honour, with the names of the 113 men of the community who lost their lives incised into stone tablets in five columns, below a relief-carved urn within a wreath, with ribbons. The memorial is approached by three shallow, paved steps.

The Second World War memorial, which stands a short distance to the south-east of the First World War memorial within a unifying paved feature, is a plain, square-section plinth with moulded cap and foot, set on two octagonal steps. The gnomon to the surmounting sundial is lost. The inscriptions are picked out in black lettering TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF/ STOURPORT ON SEVERN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ The names of the 34 men who died are inscribed on the sides of the plinth. The additional inscription reads 1982/ FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN/ with the name of the serviceman who was killed in that conflict.