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A soldier in battledress, with his right arm outstretched as though throwing a grenade, on a square plinth and a pedestal bearing inscribed plaques, and a base with buttressed corners upon three square steps.

Title

War Memorial

Date

1920

Medium

bronze & Alveley stone

Accession number

WV16_MJR_S050

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Bridgnorth Town Council

Custodian

Bridgnorth Town Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

9th March 1920

Listing date

27/02/01

Access

time restrictions apply

Signature/marks description

etched into the plinth under the figure's right boot: ADRIAN JONES

Inscription description

in raised lettering on the upper plaque on the front of the pedestal: ERECTED IN HONOUR / OF THE / MEN OF BRIDGNORTH / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / AND TO THE / EVER GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO FELL; and on a plaque below that: ALSO TO THE MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO FELL IN / THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945; and on a plaque on the back of the pedestal: THEY WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED / HEREON WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE / WHO AT THE CALL OF KING & COUNTRY / LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, / ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER & / FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF- / SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES / THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM / LET THOSE WHO COME / AFTER SEE TO IT THAT / THEY BE NOT FORGOTTEN.

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