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Title
Redditch St Stephen War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
Portland stone
Accession number
B97_IL_S014
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Redditch District Council
Custodian
Redditch District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
2nd April 1922
Listing date
19/12/18
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscriptions beneath the carving, on upper tier of plinth: BESEECHING THEE / –THAT / WITH THEM WE MAY BE PARTAKERS / OF THY HEAVENLY KINGDOM; on lower tier of plinth: THIS EMBLEM OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH / IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONORED MEMORY OF THE / MEN AND BOYS OF THIS PARISH / WHO WON THE GLORY / OF THE LIFE LAID DOWN / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919; the names of the fallen from the First World War are carved on two (south-east and north-west) faces of the pedestal; these have since been overlaid with bronze plaques also inscribed with the names. There are three plaques for the First World War; further plaques commemorate those who lost their lives in later conflicts.