- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 32422
- Description
- BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE FOR WW1 AND WW2 SET WITHIN A HIGHLY ORNATE SURRMOUNTED. BOOK PLACED BEHIND GRILLE AT THE CENTRE BASE OF THE SURROUND WITH FIGURE IN A NICHE ABOVE IT AND SMALLER FIGURES ABOVE THAT. MARBLE BACKGROUND BEHIND THE MAIN FIGURE AND WHOLE SURROUND IS FORMED BY FOREST OF DEAN STONE. TWO VASES ON SHELF BENEATH
MAIN FIGURE IS OF VICTORY WITH UPLIFTED SWORD IN ONE HAND AND LAUREL WREATH IN THE OTHER. TWO SMALLER FIGURES ARE OF ST GEOREG AND ST JOAN OF ARC
- Inscription
- WW1 SECTION:
COVER: ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS/ KIDDERMINSTER/ THE/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ OF THE MEN OF THE/ PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ AND/ THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945
INSIDE PAGE, LEFT: ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS/ KIDDERMINSTER/ LAWRENCE BANKS SLADEN M.A./ VICAR/ HON. CONANON OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL/ PROCTER ON CONVOCATION
INSIDE PAGE, RIGHT: THE MEN/ WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED IN/ THIS/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ WERE OF/ THE COMPANY OF THOSE WHO AT/ THE CALL OF THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM/ ENDURED HARDNESS/ FACED DANGER/ AND FINALLY PASSED/ OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH/ OF/ DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES/ THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE/ IN/ FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ (NAMES)
WW2 SECTION:
LEFT PAGE: THIS BOOK/ RECALLS THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO/ FROM THIS ANCIENT PARISH/ FOUGHT IN THEIR COUNTRY'S CAUSE/ IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI/ (HOW SWEET AND ENNOBLING TO DIED FOR ONE'S COUNTRY)/ MAY THEIR SACRIFICE NOT BE IN VAIN!
RIGHT PAGE: KIDDERMINSTER PARISH/ CHURCH/ ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS/ THE ROLL OF HONOUR/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945/ COMPILED 19TH JANUARY, 1947/ REGINALD BRADLEY JOLLY, M.A./ HON. CANON OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL/ (NAMES)
VASES: IN THE MORNING/ AND IN THE EVENING/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM