KID19

Site Not Known Formerly St George’s Church, Kidderminster DY10 2BS

Latitude 52.390345

Longitude -2.242580

Date Erected Before 1922

Missing

The History of St George’s Church War Memorial

Information from the Kidderminster Shuttle.

War memorials in Kidderminster

Kidderminster Town Memorial 661 names

St Mary’s Church 320 names

BaxterUnited Reform Church 34 names

Hoobrook 39 names

St John’s Church 147 names

Milton Hall Baptists 10 names

New Meeting 13 names

St Ambrose Church 34 names

Conservtive & Unionist Club 18 names

St George’s Church 12 names

The above Information suggests that St George’s Church had a war Memorial for the Great War with 12 names on it.

On 20^th November 1922 there was a devastating fire which total destroyed the interior of the church and the memorial was probably destroyed at this time.

Three brother Harry, Godfrey and Jack Downton gave a brass Alter cross to mark the safe return of men from military service.

The Church has an area of Remembrance for WW2 but not for WW1

Sources

Great War Britain Kidderminster Remembering 1914-18 Sally Dickson, Kiddermnster Shuttle

Compilers Name Beryl Buckley      Photos by