Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Seisdon Road, Trysull, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV5 7HR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1438229
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Seisdon Road, Trysull, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV5 7HR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1438229
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Seisdon Road, Trysull, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV5 7HR
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Seisdon Road, Trysull, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV5 7HR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- South Staffordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Trysull and Seisdon
- National Grid Reference:
- SO8518794282
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled on 28 November 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial, unveiled on 28 November 1919, 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 sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: an ornate and striking Latin cross enriched with carved decorative details;
* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (Grade II*).
History
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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Trysull as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The war memorial was dedicated on 28 November 1919 by the Bishop of Stafford. Names of the fallen are recorded on a tablet within Trysull All Saints' Church.
Following the Second World War a dedicatory inscription to those who lost their lives in that conflict was added to the memorial.
Details
Trysull and Seisdon War Memorial comprises a stone, hooded Latin cross set upon a tapering shaft with carved decorative details, surmounting a square plinth with rounded shoulder. This stands on a four-stepped circular base.
On the front face of the plinth is a dedication in incised letters to those who lost their lives in the First World War, which reads IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ TRYSULL AND SEISDON/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918/ A TABLET IN THIS CHURCH/ RECORDS THEIR NAMES.
On the south face of the plinth is a dedication to those who lost their lives in the Second World War, which reads ALSO THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO/ THEM O LORD AND LET LIGHT/ PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 19 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 July 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/68437
Trysull, accessed 1 Aug 2016 from http://www.wolverhamptonwarmemorials.org.uk/index.php?page=trysull
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/195945
Other
Lichfield Mercury - Friday 28 November 1919
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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