Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Hamstead
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS J WHITE AND SONS (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: December 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38643
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Current location
ST PAULS CHURCH
Walsall Rd
Hamstead
Birmingham
West Midlands
B42 1ES
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 040 930
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SLENDER CELTIC STYLE WHEEL CROSS ON SLIGHTLY TAPERED PLINTH AND TWO STEPPED BASE CELTIC TRACERY ON FRONT AND REAR FACES OF CROSS WHEEL
- Inscription
- (FRONT FACE) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ WHO GAVE US THE VICTORY/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ TEH HAMSTEAD MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS/ FOR THYE SHALL BE CALLED THE/ CHILDREN OF GOD (SIDES) (NAMES) (REAR) ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ DECEMBER 1920
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Berridge, Walter
Brown, George
Crew, Alfred Henry
Davis, Joseph
Edwards, George
Hendon, Thomas
Hughes, Joseph F
Lloyd, John
Lonnon, John
Mantle, William
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1000MM, height 7000MM, width 1000MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Hamstead 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
- St Paul's Hamstead
- WMO ID: 214141
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 26-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- PCC
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