Memorial

St Stephens Church - WW1 Cross

St Stephen's Cross

Source: Helen Steed

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Current Location

Next to St Stephen's Church, Market Place, Church Green West, Redditch, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 4DY, England

SP 04104 67655

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 32122
Description: OCTAGONAL CROSS AND SHAFT ON SQUARE PLINTH AND TWO STEPPED BASE. CARVING OF THE JAMES CLARK PICTURE, THE GREAT SACRIFICE, ON ONE SIDE.
Inscription: Face 1: BESEECHING THEE, THAT / WITH THEM WE MAY BE PARTAKERS / OF THEY HEAVENLY KINGDOM / THIS EMBLEM OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH / IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONORED MEMORY OF THE / MEN AND BOYS OF THE PARISH / WHO WON THE GLORY / OF THE LIFE LAID DOWN / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / Face 2: (Names) / Face 3: (Names) / Face 4: (Names) / Base: DEDICATED BY THE ARCHDEACON OF WORCESTER, THE VEN. J.H.F.PEILE / UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT HON IVOR MILES VISCOUNT WINDSOR M.P. - APRIL 2ND 1922 / REV L. BRADLEY, VICAR H.A.PEARSON / A.C.MILLWARD } CHURCHWARDENS //

Maker(s): The Bromsgrove Guild, Designer
MESSRS SPRAGUE AND EVANS LTD, Builder
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: THE RELIEF OF THE GREAT SACRIFICE IS BADLY ERODED