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Crowle
Town or City: Crowle
County: Worcestershire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2353
Value of grant: £1500.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2008
UKNIWM reference number: 32306
The memorial in the churchyard of the central Worcestershire village of Crowle, on the north side of St. John the Baptist church, is made of Portland stone and takes the form of a wheel cross on a plinth and a three-stepped base. In the centre of the cross is a carved in relief the letters IHS as a monogram. There is flush lead lettering on the base.
In 2008/9 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation offered £1,500 towards work to rub off the lichen and apply biocide, clean the memorial, remove the damaged letters, recut letters and fill them with lead and paint them black.
The inscription on the front face of the plinth reads
"In
memory of the following
Crowle men who gave
their lives for their
country during
the Great War 1914 – 1918
2nd Lieut. H.S. Sudlow
Sergt. John Bull
Sergt. P.W. Hemming
Corl. Wm Edward Price
Farrier George Till
Erected by the parishoners"
There are names of World War I fallen on two other faces
"Pte. Benjamin Bunn
G.H. Bromley
Albert Fincher
H. Gittus
Percy Harrison
Hubert Holt"
and
"Pte. Sidney L.Hine
Wm Perkins
Trace Perry
Bertie Rogers
Wm Workman
C.H. Wilks
A. Wells"
The World War II inscription reads
"In
memory of the following
Crowle men who gave
Their lives for their
Country during the
Second World War 1939 – 1945
Pte. John Fincher 8th Btn. Royal Scots Fus.
Flt. Sergt. W.H.R. Jenkins R.A.F.
Sergt. C.T. Rogers R.A.F.
Sergt. R.G. Steel R.A.F.
Inscribed by the parishoners"
The memorial was dedicated on 19th July 1919, and the stonemason was Browns of Worcester. One of the villagers remembered the cross being brought from Worcester, five miles away, by horse and cart. An army band from Norton Barracks, Worcester, marched from the local pub through the village to the church and the sound of the band filled the little church.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2353
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 32306
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
