Skip to main content

    War MemorialsRegister

    • Home
    • Search Memorials
    • Search Names
    • Help
    Imperial War Museums LogoImperial War Museums home
    • About
      • About us
      • Submit a photograph
      • Volunteering
    • Legal
      • Accessibility Statement
      • Cookies
      • Copyright
      • Privacy
      • Terms of use

    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Vicarage Street Church School, Nuneaton - WW1

    Cross in current location

    Source: Mark Newton

    1/7

    Current Location

    Facing the roundabout where Church Street meets the A444., St. Nicolas Parish Church , Church Street, Nuneaton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4AZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 36519 91650

    Denomination

    Church of England

    View location on Google Maps

    Names listed on this memorial

    Contribute to the War Memorials Register

    Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

    Contribute now

    This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

    © WMR-19159

    To share information or photographs, contact us.

    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    19159
    Description
    Wheel cross atop an octagonal sectioned tapering column: this stands on a two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a cross-shaped plinth and two-stage bolster stone. Tablets, bearing the incised inscription and names infilled in black, are attached to four sides of plinth. Additional brass plaques with white lettering give details of the cross's history.
    Inscription
    Tablet 1 : + { REMEMBER / BEFORE GOD } +/ THE SOULS OF THE/ MASTERS AND OF/ THE OLD BOYS OF THE/ VICARAGE STREET/ CHURCH SCHOOL/ NUNEATON/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ MAY THEY/ REST IN PEACE Tablet 2 : (22 NAMES) Tablet 3 : (23 NAMES) Tablet 4 : (23 NAMES) Plaque 1 : THE MEMORIAL WAS REMOVED/ TO THE CHURCHYARD/ AND RESTORED IN 1985 Plaque 2 : RE-DEDICATED TO THE FALLEN/ OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR/ AND SINCE FROM THIS COMMUNITY/ THEY ARE AT PEACE NOW/ "LORD MAKE US INSTRUMENTS/ OF YOUR PEACE"
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    68
    Died
    68
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    Surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maintenance History
    Fully restored in 1985.

    Previous Location(s)

    • In the school grounds., Church School, Vicarage Street, Nuneaton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England

      Year of move

    1985

    Reason for move

    School closed and then demolished.

    Components

    Cross

    Height: c4500mm


    Made from: Stone - Limestone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1444661

    • Windows on Warwickshire, https://www.search.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/Details.aspx?&ResourceID=4960&SearchType=2&ThemeID=1291, accessed 27th February, 2025