Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Rugby
- Town
- Hillmorton
- County
- Warwickshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6th February 1921
Attended by: ADM COWAN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19306
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Current location
Roadside
Village Green
Hillmorton War Memorial
High Street
Hillmorton
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 4EG
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 53202 73649
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Foliated Portland stone cross on an octagonal tapered shaft, set on a square plinth on a two-stepped octagonal base. the WW1 Dedication is on the North face of the plinth, with the names on the other three faces, in lead on inset panels. the WW2 Dedication is on a small tablet at the bottom of the shaft, above the WW1 Dedication. The memorial stands within a gravelled area surrounded by a low post and chain fence.
- Inscription
- North face of plinth: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR, / 1914 - 1919. / THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER. On tablet above plinth: ALSO OF / THOSE WHO DIED / IN / WORLD WAR TWO / 1939 - 45 West, South and East faces of plinth: WW1 NAMES
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Astill, Herbert
Bacon, Samuel A
Barnett, Joseph W
Bartlett, Reginald S
Blockley, William A
Booth, Walter
Brown, Walter H
Brown, Walter J
Canham, Archibald
Cashmore, Alfred C
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height c4400 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Hillmorton War Memorial.
- WMO ID: 207170
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Rugby Council
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