Baddesley Ensor War Memorial Obelisk, St Nicholas Church, Hill Top, Baddesley Ensor
War memorial obelisk in Aberdeen Granite commemorating and naming the dead from Baddesley Ensor from WW1 and WW2. Situated in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church.
1 Stone obelisk in Aberdeen Granite with a laurel wreath in relief surmounts plinth of rough-hewn stone. Plinth bears names and inscription in black lettering. Whole stands on two-stepped stone base of rough hewn stone. Sculptor Henry Charles Mitchell. Unveiled 22 May 1920.
Inscription:
1914 -1919/ TO/ THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ BADDERSLEY ENSOR/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
21 names inscribed from WW1 and 5 names from WW2.
2 Colour photograph of lower part of obelisk showing inscription and bottom of laurel wreath: page 52.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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