War Memorial, Priors Hardwick, near Stratford on Avon.
Description of this historic site
War memorial in form of squat obelisk to commemorate both WW1 and WW2 . Inscriptions include names of the dead of both wars and the names of those who served in WW1.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Squat obelisk in Hornton Stone on three-stepped base, situated on village green. SP 472 562
SIDE ONE: TO THE MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT/ BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”/ ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV 13/14/ ALSO TO THOSE IN THE 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)
SIDE 2: ERECTED/ BY/ THE PARISH OF/ PRIORS HARDWICK
SIDE 3: THE ROLL/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED/ THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES)
SIDE 4: (NAMES)
Height: 2000MM Width: 1000MM Depth: 1000MM
2 Coloured photograph of obelisk on page 52.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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