PORTOBELLO CROSS WW1

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Reference WMO/106312

Address:

Willenhall Road

Portobello

Willenhall

England

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Status: Unknown
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Near roundabout of Willenhall Rd / Keyway (A454) / Somerford Place This memorial was raised at Portobello 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 memorial was unveiled on 22 July 1920 by Lieutenant-Colonel Waterhouse, DSO, and dedicated by Rev H P Stevens. In 1973 the memorial was vandalised and the bronze plaques removed; these were replaced by slate tablets. The memorial comprises a stone Latin cross mounted on an obelisk decorated with carved interlacing foliate designs. It stands on an octagonal two-stepped chamfered plinth upon a two-stepped base. Gilded onto slate plaques on the front face of the obelisk is a dedication that reads: THE/ ROSE AND CROSS/ OUR EMBLEM TRUE/ OF LOVE THAT/ OUT OF SUFFERING GREW/ THE LOVE WHICH/ KINDLETH SOULS TO LIVE/ THE PUREST LOVE/ THAT ONE CAN GIVE/ WON BY/ UNSELFISHNESS AND PAIN/ THAT BROTHERHOOD.
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“Erected by the Inhabitants in Honour of the Brave Men of Portobello who Fought in the Great War and in Grateful Remembrance of those who Laid Down their Lives

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