Memorial
Upton upon Severn - WW1 and WW2
Setting
Source: David Austin
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Current Location
At the junction of High Street and London and Dunn's Lanes. The names of the dead are listed on IWM 38703 in the Parish Church, as mentioned on this memorial, High Street, Upton-upon-Severn, Malvern Hills, Herefordshire, WR8 0HB, England
OS Grid Reference
SO 85191 40671
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Sundial
- WMR Reference Number
- 72777
- Description
- A medieval standing cross set into an octagonal socket stone that now acts as a plinth: the cross shaft is now topped by an Eighteenth Century sundial. The whole was converted to a war memorial by brass plaques which carry the commemoration and names being attached to the plinth. The circular base incorporates garden border.
- Inscription
- First plaque: THIS PARISH CROSS/ WAS PLACED HERE/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED/ IN THE PARISH CHURCH Second plaque: AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939-1945/ WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED/ IN THE PARISH CHURCH.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Components
- Sundial
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1015289
- Plaques
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1015289
Report a Concern
- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 221914
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