Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Leominster
- Town
- Bircher
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 3 June 1920
Attended by: Master W. Kevill-Davies, second son of the late Captain H. Kevill-Davies (commemorated on the memorial). - Dedicated
Date: 3 June 1920
Attended by: The Bishop of Hereford and the Rev. T. W. Ward (Rector of Croft and Vicar of Yarpole) who acted as Bishop's Chaplain. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32896
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Current location
Crossroads on Welshman's Lane / B4362 alongside a small brick building.
Bircher Common Turn
Bircher
Leominster
Hereford And Worcester
HR6 0BL
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 46917 65628
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wayside Latin cross with octagonal shaft, plinth and three step base. The inscription and WW1 Names are engraved around 5 faces of the plinth (the reverse is blank), WW2 on the top step. Constructed of mottled Hollington stone and the Cross is foliated. Standing on ground that is raised slightly above the roadway.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THE / FOLLOWING MEN OF / CROFT AND YARPOLE / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / [25 NAMES] / 1939-1945 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / [4 NAMES] YARPOLE / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY /OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN TWO WORLD WARS / AND ESPECIALLY THE FOLLOWING / WHO WERE FROM THIS PARISH / [NAMES] / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (It is unclear from the images and information we have where this second dedication is or which names are listed within it)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bengree, G
Breeze, R
Brooks, J
Chamberlain, P
Chamberlain, W
Collett, C T
Croft, Sir James
Cross, S J
Dale, F
Gough, A
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, initial, surname, decorations, regiment
Order of information: Random - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, initial or forename, decorations
Order of information: Random
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Hollington
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Yarpole and Croft War Memorial
- WMO ID: 239782
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 20-06-2019]
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- Costs
Site: Given by Mrs. Kevill-Davies of Highwood House, Bircher.
Memorial: £150- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Kington Times - Saturday 20 August 1949 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002545/19490820/122/0005 A War Memorial at Bircher Man and Boy Ordered to Pay for Damage Done CASE AT COURT
- Living History NEWSLETTER March 2012 www.yarpole.com/images/livinghistory/March 2012.pdf Full list of names
- Kington Times - Saturday 05 June 1920 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002545/19200605/121/0008 CROFT AND YARPOLE WAR MEMORIAL. DEDICATED BY THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD. HEREFORDSHIRE WAYSIDE CROSS.
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