Summary

First World War memorial of c1920.

Description

War memorial of c. 1920.
MATERIALS and PLAN: the monument is of granite with inset lead lettering. The corners of the square plinth and base are chamfered, as are the shaft and the arms of the cross.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands at the centre of the junction between Yardley Fields Road, Albert Road, Stuarts Road, Richmond Road and Lyttleton Road. The cross arms are splayed to their ends and the shaft is slightly tapered with cyma moulding to its lower body. Its north face has a carved sword in high relief. The base is stepped to its top and bottom and has an inscription to its north face which reads: ‘ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE / IMMORTAL MEMORY / OF THE / MEN OF STETCHFORD / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’. On the lower step of the plinth is inscribed ‘THEY NOBLY RESPONDED TO THE CALL OF DUTY / AND DIED THAT BRITAIN MIGHT HONOUR HER / PLEDGED WORD TO PROTECT THE WEAK AND / DEFENCELESS AGAINST AGGRESSION AND THAT GOOD FAITH, TRUTH AND JUSTICE / SHOULD PREVAIL AMONG THE NATIONS’.
Below this, the plinth has two steps.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 18 January 2017.

History

A borough war memorial of c. 1920, commemorating the fallen from the First World War. The monument was cleaned and repaired in 2009.

Reasons for Listing

Stechford War Memorial, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the simple form of cross with tapered shaft and octagonal base.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26677588

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)