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Latitude: 52.1853 / 52°11'7"N
Longitude: -2.2067 / 2°12'24"W
OS Eastings: 385965
OS Northings: 254141
OS Grid: SO859541
Mapcode National: GBR 1G5.T3M
Mapcode Global: VH92T.PBSK
Plus Code: 9C4V5QPV+48
Entry Name: War Memorial in the Churchyard of the Church of St Martin, Worcester
Listing Date: 6 March 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1425093
ID on this website: 101425093
Location: St Martin's Church, Red Hill, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5
County: Worcestershire
District: Worcester
Electoral Ward/Division: Battenhall
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Worcester
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Worcester, St Martin with St Peter and Whittington
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
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A churchyard war memorial for an urban church of c.1920. Probably designed by George Fellowes Prynne.
A churchyard war memorial for an urban church of unveiled on 14 November 1920 and designed and built by David Bros of Barbourne and paid for by public subscription.
The cross is of stone ashlar, with inscribed lettering and octagonal on plan.
The monument is oriented to face south towards the road. The cross at the apex has octagonal arms. Below this the tapered, octagonal shaft has a moulded cap and rises from the plinth which has an ogee-moulded cap with roll and cavetto mouldings to the edge. The eight sides are inscribed, that on the south face bearing the words ‘IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY. Names of the fallen fill the other seven sides. The base of the plinth has a roll and hollow chamfer moulding and the platform has three octagonal steps.
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.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was the war memorial at the church of St Martin, Worcester. The churchyard memorial was unveiled on 14 November 1920 and records the fallen from the First World War.
The War Memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Martin, London Road, Worcester, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a cross with shaft rising from an octagonal plinth;
* Group value: with the church of St Martin, London Road, Worcester (Grade II).
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