Information for record number MWA19218:
War Memorial, Priors Hardwick, near Stratford on Avon.

Summary War memorial in form of squat obelisk to commemorate both WW1 and WW2 . Inscriptions include names of the dead of both wars and the names of those who served in WW1.
What Is It?  
Type: War Memorial
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2000 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Priors Hardwick
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 47 56
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 Squat obelisk in Hornton Stone on three-stepped base, situated on village green. SP 472 562 SIDE ONE: TO THE MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT/ BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV 13/14/ ALSO TO THOSE IN THE 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) SIDE 2: ERECTED/ BY/ THE PARISH OF/ PRIORS HARDWICK SIDE 3: THE ROLL/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED/ THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) SIDE 4: (NAMES) Height: 2000MM Width: 1000MM Depth: 1000MM
2 Coloured photograph of obelisk on page 52.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Obelisks of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Warwickshire Gardens Trust
Date: 2013
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: War Memorials Archive (online database)
Author/originator: Imperial War Museum
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument OBELISK * A tall, tapering pillar with a pyramidal top, generally square on plan. Used in England from the late 16th century as a public, funerary or garden monument. back
monument VILLAGE GREEN * An area of common grassland in a village used for grazing cattle, recreational purposes, etc. back
monument WAR MEMORIAL * A structure, building or site commemorating soldiers and civilians killed in war. back

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