Fairfield Village Cross

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Reference WMO/255842

Address:

Fairfield Village Hall

Stourbridge Road

Fairfield

Bromsgrove

B61 9LZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Fairfield War Memorial Cross was unveiled by General Sir Percy Radcliffe and dedicated by Rev. Canon Cronshaw on Sunday 4th May 1924. As well as the names of the fallen from both World Wars, another inscription reads:- "To the Glory of God and in Memory of the Men of Fairfield who gave their lives for God, King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919 + Lest We Forget". Like many memorials of this time, the ending date is given as 1919 rather than 1918. The memorial is located outside the village hall.
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To the glory of God/and in memory/of the men of Fairfield/who gave their lives/for God, King and Country/in the Great War/1914-1919 Lest ye forget

1914-1919 John Banner/Stanley Charles Biddle/John Thomas Burton/Albert Crisp/Jephthah Davenport/Ernest John Eades/Donald Evans/John Hancox/William Harbach/Samuel Harbridge/Walter Harris/Charles H Harrison/John Hodgetts/Ernest Hughes/George Fredk Ivamy/Frederick Chas Jones/Harry Read/Harry Tilt/Charles Tranter/William Thos Wilkes/Arthur Wood/Ernest Wood/Fredk Ernest Wood/Rupert Rea 1939-1945 Clifford V Darby/Philip Davenport/George Eades/Charles W Stevens

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