Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Wychavon
- Town
- Pershore
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1st November 1921
Attended by: Earl of Coventry
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3141
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Current location
Pershore Abbey
Church Walk
Pershore
Wychavon
Hereford And Worcester
WR10 1BB
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 94781 45790
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Winged Victory on orb holding wreath in left hand, right arm raised and surmounting square pedestal. Figurative relief plaque. Relief plaque depicts dead soldier on streacher between angel on the left and mourning woman on the right.
- Inscription
- TO THE / IMMORTAL DEAD / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO / DEATH AND I WILL GIVE / THEE A CROWN OF LIFE / 1939 - 1945 / (Names) REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL MEN / WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR / WENT FORTH FROM THIS PLACE FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT / THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO RETURNED NOT AGAIN / ARE HERE INSCRIBED TO BE HONOURED FOR EVERMORE / R.I.P. (Sides) (WW1 Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, Charles F
Andrews, James O
Annis, James S
Archer, James
Askew, William
Barber, John
Barber, William R
Barnes, Oliver H
Beard, Harry J
Biddulph, Arthur
See details for all 100 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 101
Served and returned: 0
Died: 101
Exact count: no
Information shown: Regiment, forname, surname, awards
Order of information: Regiment then alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: no
Information shown: Regiment, forename, surname, awards
Order of information: Regiment then alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sculpture
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Pedestal
- Listing information
- ABBEY CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS WITH SAINT EDBURGHA
- Grade I
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Pershore Abbey, The Pershore War Memorials booklet, Marshall Wilson and Roy Nicholls 1995
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