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Latitude: 52.5462 / 52°32'46"N
Longitude: -2.2199 / 2°13'11"W
OS Eastings: 385187
OS Northings: 294282
OS Grid: SO851942
Mapcode National: GBR 19W.9LF
Mapcode Global: VH912.G8TF
Plus Code: 9C4VGQWJ+F3
Entry Name: Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial
Listing Date: 6 October 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1438229
ID on this website: 101438229
Location: All Saints' Church, Trysull, South Staffordshire, WV5
County: Staffordshire
District: South Staffordshire
Civil Parish: Trysull and Seisdon
Built-Up Area: Wombourne
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Trysull All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial, unveiled on 28 November 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial comprises a stone, hooded Latin cross set upon a tapering shaft with carved decorative details, surmounting a square plinth with rounded shoulder. This stands on a four-stepped circular base.
On the front face of the plinth is a dedication in incised letters to those who lost their lives in the First World War, which reads IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ TRYSULL AND SEISDON/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918/ A TABLET IN THIS CHURCH/ RECORDS THEIR NAMES.
On the south face of the plinth is a dedication to those who lost their lives in the Second World War, which reads ALSO THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO/ THEM O LORD AND LET LIGHT/ PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 19 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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Trysull as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The war memorial was dedicated on 28 November 1919 by the Bishop of Stafford. Names of the fallen are recorded on a tablet within Trysull All Saints' Church.
Following the Second World War a dedicatory inscription to those who lost their lives in that conflict was added to the memorial.
Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial, unveiled on 28 November 1919, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: an ornate and striking Latin cross enriched with carved decorative details;
* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (Grade II*).
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