Combined WWI & WWII Memorial - Churchover, Warwickshire
Posted by: SMacB
N 52° 25.360 W 001° 15.044
30U E 618949 N 5809489
Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross in the grounds of Holy Trinity church, Churchover.
Waymark Code: WMVG01
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/14/2017
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"Single-stepped, platform-topped, square base surmounted by an octagonal sectioned, two stage plinth, padstone and tapering octagonal sectioned shaft with integral cross. Upper stage of plinth bears incised inscriptions on four sides.
Inscription -
Plinth face 1 : IN LOVING AND / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF / (3 NAMES) Plinth face 2 : OLD BOY OF / CHURCHOVER SCHOOL / MARTIN TOWERS Plinth face 3 : IN LOVING AND / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE / NOBLY FALLEN / SONS OF / CHURCHOVER / (4 NAMES - barely legible) Plinth face 4 : (Inscription barely legible)
History -
DATE UNKNOWN: ATTEMPT AT CLEANING THE MEMORIAL WITH A WIRE BRUSH LED TO THE REMOVAL OF THE INSCRIPTION"
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Names on Memorial -
Mortimer, Cyril A.
Sutton, Frank
Towers, Martin
Webb, John Henry
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VERY detailed account of the memorial on this page - (
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