Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Malvern Hills
Town
Great Malvern
County
Hereford And Worcester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony

  • Date: 11 November 1920
    Attended by: Unknown
  • Date: 11 November 1920
    Attended by: Unknown
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
32881

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Current location

St Mary and St Michaels Church
Church Street
Great Malvern
Malvern Hills
Hereford And Worcester
WR14 3ET
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 77588 45849
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
On a large wall-mounted memorial under a representation of the Royal Arms is a stone tablet flanked by 2 niches containing carved stone figures of Mary with Child and crown (left) and St Michael (Right) Inscription and names are in the centre of the tablet. At the base on the left the arms of See of Worcester (wrongly coloured) and to the right those of Worcestershire C.C..
Inscription
1914 IN MEMORIAM 1919/ THEY WHOM THIS MONUMENT/ COMMEMORATES WERE NUMBERED/ AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE CALL/ OF KING & COUNTRY LEFT ALL/ THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM: ENDURED/ HARDNESS: FACED DANGER &/ FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE/ SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF /DUTY & SELF-SACRIFICE GIVING/ UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT/ OTHERS MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM./ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER/ SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES/ BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ 1939 -1945 (Names)/ REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING THE MEN OF G MALVERN/ (Names)/ AND OTHERS WHO WORSHIPED IN THIS CHURCH. 1939/ (NAMES)/ 1945
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ackworth, Douglas Harry
Ackworth, John Arden
Banford, William Thomas
Beale, Harry
Brodie, George
Brown, Henry Brooks
Bruton, Frederick Edwin
Bunn, Arthur
Burley, Stanley Hudson
Crapp, Cyril Frederick
See details for all 56 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 42
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 42
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 14
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 14
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 190MM, height 4800MM, width 3020MM
    Materials: Stone - Bryscom
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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