Sculpture Of The Angel Of Peace At St Mary And All Saints Church

Heritage listing

Details 954/0/10033 CHURCHFIELDS 07-DEC-06 Sculpture of the Angel of Peace at St Mary and All Saints Church GV II War Memorial. 1922. Designed by R.A.Drury, R.A.. Bronze figure with Limestone plinth of square section. The sculpture represents the Angel of Peace alighting on the world holding the Child of the Future in her left hand and an olive branch in her right hand. To the front of the plinth is a laurel wreath in bronze and a bronze plaque with a relief showing a recumbent man who has given his life being crowned by Immortality while figures of a widow and an orphan pay tribute. One part of a fine War Memorial set up in the centre of Kidderminster to commemorate the many local people who gave their lives in both World Wars. The memorial forms a group with the Tablets recording the Names of the Dead from two World Wars, Churchfields, Kidderminster and the Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Churchfields, Kidderminster [q.v.] SO8303276912 This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 18 January 2017. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 491670 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.