Memorial

Wordsley

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Current Location

High St, Wordsley, Dudley, West Midlands, DY8 5RU, England

SO 891 869

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 28377
Description: CIRCULAR BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE STEP AND CENOTAPH WITH URN ON THE TOP. INSCRIPTION THREE PLAQUES ON THE SIDES OF THE CENOTAPH. WHOLE IS ENCLOSED BY WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS. CROSS WITHIN A WREATHWREATH IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE OF THE CENOTAPH. CARVED FRET PATTERN AROUND THE TOP OF THE CENOTAPH. SMALL PAINTED SHIELD WITHIN A WREATH AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE WW2 PLAQUE. LAUREL GARLAND CARVED AROUND THE TOP OF THE WW1 PLAQUE ON THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE WITH A PEDIMENT PLACED ABOVE IT.
Inscription: 6 O'CLOCK FACE: ERECTED BY THE/ PEOPLE OF WORDSLEY/ TO HONOUR THE GLORIOUS/ DEAD WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ FIGHTING FOR HONOUR/ TRUTH AND JUSTICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ GOD THEIR KING & COUNTRY/ (NAMES) 9 O'CLOCK FACE: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF THE/ MEN AND WOMEN OF/ WORDSLEY/ WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ AND/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING WHO FELL/ (NAMES) 12 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES)

Maker(s): George Brown and Sons, Builder
A T BUTLER FRIBA, Designer
Maintenance History: 2006: Name of Pte Joseph Bateman, who was shot for desertion, added to memorial.

Unveiled

12th November 1921

UNKNOWN