Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Balsall Heath
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 38594
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- Previous locations
- ST PAULS CHURCH (DEMOLISHED)
St Pauls Rd
Balsall Heath
Birmingham
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 070 840
Denomination: Church of England
- ST PAULS CHURCH (DEMOLISHED)
- Description
- TALL OCTAGONAL LATIN CROSS, MODELLED ON BLOMFIELD CROSS, ON SQUARE PLINTH AND TWO STEP OCTAGONAL BASE. GABLED WOODEN BOARDS ON WALL BEHIND
- Inscription
- CROSS: IN MEMORY/ OF ALL THE/ GALLANT MEN/ IN THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR GOD/ AND COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ R.I.P. LEFT HAND BOARD: THESE ARE THEY FROM WHOM THE/ PARISH RECEIVED/ HONOUR RIGHT HAND BOARD: AND TO THEM THE PARISH DESIRES/ TO GIVE/ HONOUR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atnill, Y
Balerst, T
Bayers, E
Bayles, S
Belfield, R
Bellard, A
Berold, W
Berrow, J
Blinc, A W
Bonnar, V
See details for all 168 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 314
Served and returned: 0
Died: 314
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Board
- Condition
- History
- C 1980S: CHURCH DEMOLISHED. THE NAME BOARDS WERE BURNT AND IT IS BELIEVED THE CROSS WAS DEMOLISHED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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