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Offenham
Town or City: Offenham
County: Worcestershire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1331
Value of grant: £400.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2004
UKNIWM reference number: 32558
Offenham war memorial stands in the grounds of St Mary and St Millburgh Church on Main Street. The stone cross is supported by a square plinth which stands on a three stepped base.
War Memorials Trust contributed £400 in 2004 towards the cleaning of the war memorial and re-cutting and re-painting of the lettering.
The inscription reads:
In memory
of the Offenham Men
who gave their lives
serving their Country
during the Great Wars
1914-1919
1939-1945
Greater love hath no man then this
that a man lay down his life
for his friends 1 St John XV 13
Lest we forget
Alfred Roland Andrews
Albert Brown
James Brown
Frank Canning
Cornelius Careless
Sidney Careless
William Careless Lc Cpl
John Halford
James Hancock
Joseph Hartles Sergt
Harry Hayward
George Jones Sergt
Caleb Valentine March
William Henry Marshall
Walter Marshall MM
Joseph Porter
Edmund John Bowen Sergt
Albert Cyril Bowen
James Malin
Eric Gordon Drinkwater
Leslie John Gazey
William Edward Langston
William Thompson Sergt
Ronald Cliford Thornton
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1331
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 32558
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
