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Latitude: 52.2657 / 52°15'56"N
Longitude: -2.0517 / 2°3'6"W
OS Eastings: 396565
OS Northings: 263065
OS Grid: SO965630
Mapcode National: GBR 2GQ.XS2
Mapcode Global: VH9ZZ.D95X
Plus Code: 9C4V7W8X+78
Entry Name: Hanbury War Memorial
Listing Date: 20 February 2019
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1462266
ID on this website: 101462266
Location: Wychavon, Worcestershire, B60
County: Worcestershire
District: Wychavon
Civil Parish: Hanbury
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Tagged with: War memorial
A First World War memorial, designed by the Bromsgrove Guild, with later addition for the Second World War.
A First World War memorial, designed by the Bromsgrove Guild, with later addition for the Second World War.
DESCRIPTION
The memorial stands within a small memorial garden. It is carved from sandstone and takes the form of a Latin cross with a relief carving of the sword of sacrifice. It stands on a small square plinth and a four-stepped base. The inscriptions in incised lettering on the plinth read:
(south-east face) THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE;
(north-west face) THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/(12 NAMES);
(south-west face) THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (4 NAMES)/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/1939-1945/ (4 NAMES)
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. 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 Hanbury as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 28 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was designed by The Bromsgrove Guild, but it is not known exactly when it was erected.
Following the Second World War a dedicatory inscription and the names of the parishioners who died in this conflict were added.
Hanbury 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 this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* a modest, yet accomplished war memorial in the form of a Latin cross by the noted Bromsgrove Guild.
Group value:
* the memorial forms a group with the Grade-II listed Vernon Arms.
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