Memorial
Bloxwich Cross Of Sacrifice
Current Location
All Saints Church, Junction of High Street and Elmore Green Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JZ, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 99786 01868
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 17623
- Description
- STONE CROSS OF SACRIFICE STANDS ON AN OCTAGONAL TWO STEPPED PLINTH ON A THREE STEPPED BASE. THE CROSS STANDS ON A PAVED AREA SET WITHIN A RAISED LAWN WITH RAILINGS AROUND IT.
- Inscription
- Centre of plinth: ERECTED BY / THE INHABITANTS OF BLOXWICH BLAKENALL / AND LEAMORE /TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY OF 316 MEN / WHO AT THE CALL OF / KING AND COUNTRY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE / IN FREEDOM Left: THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED / ON SCROLL WHICH MAY BE SEEN / IN THE PARISH CHURCH/ AND IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARYTHEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON SCROLLS WHICH MAY BE SEEN IN THE PARISH CHURCH AND IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Right: LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER / SEE TO IT THAT THEIR SACRIFICE / WAS NOT IN VAIN Rear: THIS MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED / BY / SIR REGINALD BLOMFIELD R S / AND UNVEILED BY / COLONEL R.S.WILLIAMSON VD / November 5th 1922 Front three sides of lower plinth: THIS MEMORIAL IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE MEN &WOMEN/ OF THE PARISH OF BLAKENHALL AND LEAMORE WHO SERVED AND/ DIED IN THE WAR/ 1939-1945
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker(s)
Messrs A Wootton and Sons of Bloxwich, Builder
Ceremonies
Unveiled
05th November 1922
COL R S WILLIAMSON VD JP
Components
- Cross
Made from: Stone
Condition: Unknown
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1489371
Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * as a fine example of a well-carved cross of sacrifice, with relief carved decoration.
- "Bloxwich War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1489371. Accessed 16 August 2024.