Lindridge war memorial

St Lawrence's Churchyard, Lindridge, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8JQ

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Overview

A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; altered by the addition of two further names after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1462885
Date first listed:: 28-Feb-2019
List Entry Name:: Lindridge war memorial
Statutory Address:: St Lawrence's Churchyard, Lindridge, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8JQ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1462885
Date first listed:: 28-Feb-2019
List Entry Name:: Lindridge war memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Lawrence's Churchyard, Lindridge, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8JQ

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: St Lawrence's Churchyard, Lindridge, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8JQ

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Worcestershire
District:: Malvern Hills (District Authority)
Parish:: Lindridge
National Grid Reference:: SO6751768982

Summary

A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; altered by the addition of two further names after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Lindridge War Memorial outside the Church of St Lawrence in Lindridge 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 church’s community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* for its design, a well-executed stone cross with carved detailing and good inscriptions.

Group value:

* with the Grade-II listed Church of St Lawrence, outside which it stands.

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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of 750,000 British lives, and also 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 Lindridge as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 18members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Lindridge War Memorial dates from about 1920. It commemorates 18 local men who died in the First World War. Following the Second World War, the names of two fallen from that conflict were added to the memorial.

Details

A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; altered by the addition of two further names after the Second World War.

MATERIALS Stone.

DESCRIPTION The memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross rising from a moulded, square foot carved with ‘I H S’, on a tapering shaft with moulded foot, on an octagonal plinth and a two-stepped octagonal platform. The plinth is inscribed on five sides: THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ THE 18 MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 (18 NAMES) / ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945/ (2 NAMES) / THEY DIED AS FEW MEN GET/ THE CHANCE TO DIE/ FIGHTING TO SAVE A WORLD'S/ MORALITY/ THEY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH/ A MAN MAY DIE/ FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT/ AND LIBERTY -/ AND SUCH A DEATH IS/ IMMORTALITY./ JOHN OXENHAM/ PEACE TO THE UNCONQUERED/ MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE/ UPON THEM.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register: Lindridge War Memorial, accessed 04.02.19 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33045
War Memorials Online Database, Lindridge War Memorial WMO229170 , accessed 04.02.19 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/229170/

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.