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Wellington
Town or City: Wellington
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2977
Value of grant: £312.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2010
UKNIWM reference number: 33039
The memorial is located in the village cemetery situated to the east of Wellington by the A49. It is in the form of a cross pattée, atop a shaft that rises from a square block base; all of Cornish Granite in a rustic punched finish, with a dressed panel at the bottom of the front face of the shaft that bears the inscription. The front face of the base is also inscribed. The whole rests on a convex plinth of pitched granite boulders. The memorial only commemorates the First World War.
In 2010, a grant of £312 was offered through the Small Grants Scheme towards cleaning and re-lettering works as the inscriptions were very difficult to read. This involved the removal of moss and lichen deposits through gentle bushing with non-metallic brushes and low-pressure de-ionised water. Lettering was re-painted with black enamel.
The memorial was erected in the 1920s and was funded through public subscription.
The dressed panel on the shaft is inscribed:
“For King and
Country
1914 – 1918”
Beneath this are the names of sixteen people who fell during the First World War.
The front face of the base is inscribed “Wellington”.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2977
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 33039
War Memorials Online: 91303
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
