Memorial
Aldridge Cross
Current Location
IN A SMALL GARDEN, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 050 000
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 17621
- Description
- CELTIC CROSS SET WITHIN A SMALL RAISED ORNAMENTAL GARDEN WITH YORK STONE WALLS
- Inscription
- FRONT OF CROSS: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN THE MEMORY OF THE/ ALDRIDGE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ HONOUR AND FREEDOM/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE". BACK OF CROSS: AND/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945 PLINTH FRONT: (NAMES WW1) PLINTH LEFT: (NAMES WW1) PLINTH RIGHT: (NAMES WW1) PLINTH BACK: (NAMES WW2)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 60
- Died
- 60
- Information shown
- surname,year died,forename
- Order of names
- year died
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 41
- Died
- 41
- Information shown
- surname
- Order of names
- surname
- Maintenance History
- 1979: LEAD NAMES WHICH WERE BEGINNING TO FALL OUT WERE REPLACED AND CROSS WAS CLEANED
Components
- Cross
Made from: Granite - Ashlar
Condition: Unknown
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1422545
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin g/the-list/list-entry/1422545
Report a Concern
- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 178453
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