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The Bidford-on-Avon War Memorial was made by a local stone mason and unveiled on 29th Apr 1923. It stands on the High Street, in front of the town’s bank. The memorial is in the form of a rectangular sectioned tapering wheel cross standing on a heavily tapered plinth and a single-stepped rectangular base. The plinth carries a trapezoid shaped bronze plaque listing 61 names of those who fell in the First World War and below that, set into an indent on front of step, a smaller rectangular plaque lists 8 names of those who fell in the Second World War.

The dedications read:
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1919
AND TO COMMEMORATE VICTORY

and:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR
1939 – 1945

A list of the names carried may be found at Link (Archive Link ) (Imperial War Museums) and background information on the casualties at Link (Bidford War Memorial).

The whole memorial stands on a two-stepped paved platform area & is enclosed by concrete posts supporting decorative metal rail panels to three sides plus a curved backing wall.