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Tablets Recording the Names of the Dead from Two World Wars Adjacent to St Mary and All Saints Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Kidderminster, Worcestershire

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Latitude: 52.3898 / 52°23'23"N

Longitude: -2.2511 / 2°15'3"W

OS Eastings: 383007

OS Northings: 276897

OS Grid: SO830768

Mapcode National: GBR 1CS.1PP

Mapcode Global: VH91T.X6S9

Plus Code: 9C4V9PQX+WH

Entry Name: Tablets Recording the Names of the Dead from Two World Wars Adjacent to St Mary and All Saints Church

Listing Date: 16 December 2004

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1391861

English Heritage Legacy ID: 491451

ID on this website: 101391861

Location: Kidderminster, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, DY10

County: Worcestershire

District: Wyre Forest

Civil Parish: Kidderminster

Built-Up Area: Kidderminster

Traditional County: Worcestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire

Church of England Parish: Kidderminster Ismere

Church of England Diocese: Worcester

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954/0/10031 CHURCHFIELDS
16-DEC-04 Tablets recording the names of the dea
d from two World Wars adjacent to St M
ary and All Saints Church

GV II
War Memorial. 1922. Designed by G.H.Goodwin and executed by George Brown & Sons. Limestone with bronze plaque to the centre and metal railings. The tablets bearing the names of the dead are arranged against a curved back wall from which 2 spur walls with benches project at right angles. Against these further tablets were placed recording the 146 men and women who lost their lives in World War II. To the centre of the memorial the walling is ramped at either side of a small, semi-circular pediment. Below are two inscribed quotations: "THESE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH / A MAN MAY DIE / FIGHTING FOR GOOD AND RIGHT / AND LIBERTY / AND SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY" [John Oxenham] and "SO THEY PASSED OVER & ALL THE TRUMPETS / SOUNDED FOR THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE" [John Bunyan]. One part of a fine War Memorial which was set up in the centre of Kidderminster to commemorate the many people who gave their lives in both World Wars.
The memorial forms a group with the Sculpture of the Angel of Peace, Churchfields, Kidderminster and the Church of All Saints, Churchfields, Kidderminster [q.v.].


This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 18 January 2017.

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