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Latitude: 52.4994 / 52°29'57"N
Longitude: -1.867 / 1°52'1"W
OS Eastings: 409123
OS Northings: 289061
OS Grid: SP091890
Mapcode National: GBR 671.PX
Mapcode Global: VH9YX.LFBT
Plus Code: 9C4WF4XM+Q5
Entry Name: Nechells War Memorial
Listing Date: 3 July 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1446179
ID on this website: 101446179
Location: Nechells, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7
County: Birmingham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Birmingham
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Tagged with: War memorial
Stone cross war memorial.
Small stone cross standing atop a shaft resting on a small plinth. The front face of the plinth reads: IN / MEMORY / OF THE / MEN OF / NECHELLS / WHO FELL / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at St Clement's Church in Nechells, Birmingham. The church was demolished in the late 1970s and later replaced with housing.
Nechells 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 sacrifices they made in the First World War;
* Design: as a simple yet dignified stone cross war memorial.
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