Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Malvern Hills
- Town
- Yarkhill
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33238
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Current location
St.John The Baptist PARISH CHURCH
Watery Lane
Yarkhill
Malvern Hills
Hereford And Worcester
HR1 3TD
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 60860 42597
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- UNUSUAL CRUSADER STYLE CROSS ON SMALL OCTAGONAL PLINTH AND SQUARE THREE STEPPED BASE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ O VALIANT HEART WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME/ THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE'S FLAME/ TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED/ YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVE/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Asprey, Gladstone G
Bevan, George, Norman
Chadney, Ernest
Davies, Alfred J
Godsall, Alfred
Green, Charles, William
Griffiths, Gilbert
Hill, Thomas
Hopkins, Frederick J
Hughes, James H
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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