Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Wychavon
- Town
- Wyre Piddle
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32734
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Current location
VILLAGE HALL
Worcester Rd
Wyre Piddle
Wychavon
Hereford And Worcester
WR10 2HR
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 96363 47494
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TALL PLAIN OBELISK ON SQUARE PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED BASE LION RAMPANT ON EAST AND WEST FACES
- Inscription
- (FRONT) IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ AND TO THE/ HONOUR AND GLORY/ OF ALL THE/ MEN OF WYRE,/ WHO SERVED AND/ SUFFERED FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ THE FALLEN/ (NAMES)/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE, WHO EAGER/ AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL,/ STRONG, UNDISMAYED/ SURRENDERED ALL/ ALSO OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAME)/ REMEMBERED 1995 (SIDES) (NAMES - SERVED)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, J
Attwood, P W
Attwood, S K
Attwood, W H
Bradley, A H
Bradley, E W
Bradley, H C
Bradley, W G
Byrd, E C
Camden, G W
See details for all 35 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 27
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 8FT 6", width 5FT 8"
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Wyre Piddle War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- CLEANED AND LETTERING RE-CUT IN 1982
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- WYRE PARISH COUNCIL
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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