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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wychavon
- Town
- Kemerton
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- SIR HERBERT BAKER RA, Messrs E T Taylor of Tewkesbury, Mr A Stanley of Kemerton
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 9 January 1921
Attended by: Lady Norton
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32460
Current location
High Street
Kemerton
Wychavon
Hereford And Worcester
GL20 7JE
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 94611 37201
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Latin Limestone Cross atop a tall shaft, which is on a five stage base. The design of the cross was adapted from an ancient village cross in the village of Laycock.
- Inscription
- 1914 + 1919/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ (NAMES) IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Brush, A C
Bucks, L L
Cook, F
Devereux, O W
Durh, L I
Farrer, C
Farrer, T C
Festing, H W
Hindmarsh, E N
Holland Martin, G R
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Kemerton 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
- Kemerton
- WMO ID: 165773
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 19-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- NAMES ERODED; 2015 War Memorials Trust grant of £2,300- memorial cleaned of soiling and biological growth, the inscriptions were repainted and selective stone replacement undertaken on the eroded steps, memorial repointed with a lime mortar.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust Bulletin 75, November 2017, page 10
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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