- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 20979
- Description
- FLORIATED LATIN CROSS ON COLUMN, COLUMN OF CROSS SUPPORTED BY FOUR SIDED PLINTH ON WHICH THE INSCRIPTION PLAQUE IS CARRIED. WHOLE IS MOUNTED ON SIX-SIDED GRADUATED STONE STEPS. SECOND STEP FROM TOP HAS WWI NAME PLAQUES. THE THIRD STEP HAS WWII AND OTHER CONFLICT PLAQUES. CENTRE OF CROSS FEATURES SHIELD WITH A CROSS SURROUNDED BY A STONE WREATH. CARVED BOSSES ON EACH ARM OF THE CROSS. THE PLINTH IS SURMOUNTED BY CARVED FINIALS AT EACH CORNER. TOWN CREST BETWEEN FINIALS ON THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE.
Historic England: War Memorial. c1920. Limestone. A tapered octagonal shaft with moulded capital and a cross, on an octagonal plinth cut through by a square base with diagonal buttresses at centres of the sides, carrying four pinnacles. All set on a broad three-step hexagonal base, the lowest step with nosing, on a final hexagonal platform which has been rounded, and protected by six stone bollards. The cross carries a central shield of arms, and the base has a series of six bronze plates with the names of the fallen inscribed, dated 1914-1919 (sic). A further plate has been added covering the years 1939-1945.
- Inscription
- IN HONOUR/ OF THE MEN OF/ TEWKESBURY/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 / (162 names)// ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE 1939 - 1945 WAR// (34 names)/ ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY ON OTHER CONFLICTS/ (1 name)
