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War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

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The tall stone memorial consists of a pattée wheel-head cross, set on an octagonal shaft with a chamfered foot. The shaft rises from a square plinth that stands on a square, three-stepped base. A stone plaque, bearing the principal inscription, is attached to the front face of the plinth.
Title

War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

stone

Accession number

HP7_SR_S019

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Church of All Saints

Custodian

Church of All Saints

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

06/08/15

Access

at all times

Inscription description

THIS CROSS WAS RAISED & THIS / CHURCHYARD CONSECRATED / IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE / FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / YE THAT LIVE ON MID ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN / REMEMBER US AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

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Located at

Village Road, Coleshill

HP7 0LJ

Located at the junction of Barracks Hill and Village Road, in the northern-most corner of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints.