Brewood War Memorial, In The Churchyard Of St Mary The Virgin And St Chad's Church

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Details 486/0/10008 BREWOOD CHURCH ROAD Brewood War Memorial, in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin and St Chad's Church 11-JAN-07 II War memorial by W D Caröe 1920-1. Stone in gothic style. Latin gabled cross with crocketed braces upon tall (c.5m) tapering hexagonal shaft. There is a relief of St George and the dragon in a niche on the south face of the shaft. The shaft terminates in three courses of weathering upon a square pedestal with rounded offsets to the corners. The inscription around the square base is in a Celtic font in bas relief and reads as follows: East face: TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN; North face: OF BREWOOD WHO FELL IN THE; West face: GREAT WAR 1914-1918; South face: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The hexagonal step below carries the names of the dead of WWI. The middle step carries the later inscription, in a similar font to that above, AND IN THE WAR/1939-1946 across the south east corner with the names below. HISTORY: A church committee was appointed early in 1920 with an aim to raise £400 by subscription for the erection of a memorial to the dead of Brewood from WWI. The cross was designed by William Douglas Caröe (1857-1938), Senior Architect to the Church Commissioners in England from 1895. Clary and Wright of Ipswich were commissioned as the chief masons, although J E Tylerson of London produced the relief of St George. Excess funds were spent on memorial jars to be placed around the cross. The cross was unveiled in 1921. SOURCES: Documentation of Brewood War Memorial 1920-1923. D6094/8/4/11. Staffordshire County Archive. Summary of Importance: War memorials are highly significant commemorative structures with a strong historical and cultural connection to many small communities across the country. This stone cross stands as an arresting monume

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.