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Malvern Wells War Memorial

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19: 46:. It was dedicated in June 1920 by Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Chichester in the aftermath of the First World War. A a further inscription was later added to mark the Second World War. The memorial is a tall thin 100:
1914–1918 / IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD FOR VICTORY & IN HONOUR OF DEVOTION, SELF-SACRIFICE & GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT / ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939–1945
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No names are recorded on the memorial; this was a deliberate decision to represent the many local people wounded but not killed in the war. It was built at a cost of £800–900.
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in Worcestershire. The memorial marks the deaths of local individuals who died fighting in
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since June 1973. Voysey's only other freestanding war memorial, the
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Buildings and structures in Malvern, Worcestershire
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Malvern Wells
Great Malvern
World War I
World War II
Portland stone
pelican
vulning herself
Christian symbol of sacrifice
Arts and Crafts
C. F. A. Voysey
Grade II listed
National Heritage List for England
Potters Bar war memorial


Malvern Wells Parish Council




War Memorial: Malvern Wells (WMR-8111)
Historic England
"War Memorial (1082759)"
National Heritage List for England
Historic England
"The War Memorial, St John's Churchyard (1174621)"
National Heritage List for England
Categories
1920 establishments in England

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