WWI/II Memorial, St John the Baptist, Crowle, Worcestershire, England
N 52° 12.078 W 002° 06.958
30U E 560416 N 5783796
WWI/II Memorial in the Churchyard of St John the Baptist, Crowle
Waymark Code: WM107GT
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/14/2019
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The Crowle War Memorial is a Grade II* listed building, as is the adjacent Church of St John the Baptist.
The following extracts are from the listing text :-
"DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of a wheel-head cross on a square shaft with splayed base. In the centre of the cross-head are the letters HIS as a monogram carved in relief. The shaft rises from a splayed trapezoid plinth on a three-stepped square base.
The inscription on the front face of the plinth in lead lettering reads: IN/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ CROWLE MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY DURING/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS. Further names from the First World War are recorded on two other faces.
Following the Second World War a further inscription was added: IN/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ CROWLE MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY DURING THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ INSCRIBED BY THE PARISHIONERS."
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: Open access in the churchyard
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark: Church Walk Crowle, Worcestershire England
Commemoration: World Wars I & II
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
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