Bewdley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 2019. Memorial.

Bewdley War Memorial

WRENN ID: muted-alcove-poplar
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wyre Forest
Country: England
Date first listed: 16 January 2019
Type: Memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

A First World War memorial, erected in 1920.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands within the churchyard to the north of the Church of St Leonard (Grade I), the mother church for Bewdley. It comprises a small Latin cross with capped arms on a tapering square column with a carved capital set upon a square pedestal with a moulded cornice and a three-stepped base. It stands approximately 5m high. The main inscription in incised lettering on the east face of the pedestal reads TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE SEVENTY SIX MEN/ OF BEWDLEY WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919.

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