Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tamworth
- Town
- Glascote
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 06th June 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Lichfield - Unveiled
Date: 06th June 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Lichfield - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13716
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Current location
ST GEORGES CHURCH
Bamford Street
Glascote
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B77 2AS
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 21948 03206
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- MARBLE TABLET DIVIDED INTO SIX PANELS, FIGURES FLANK THE UPPER CENTRE PANEL. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
- Inscription
- UPPER AND LOWER LEFT AND RIGHT PANELS: (NAMES) CENTRE PANEL, UPPER: THE GREAT WAR / TO THE OF GOD / GLORY (...) / 1914 - 1919 "THEY GAVE THEIR BODIES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND / RECEIVED EACH FOR HIS OWN / MEMORY, PRAISE THAT WILL NEVER / DIE AND FOR A SEPULCHRE, NOT / THAT ALONE IN WHICH THEIR / BODIES ARE LAID BUT A HOME / IN THE MINDS OF MEN" / IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) CENTRE PANLE, LOWER: ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) BASE: "HAVE MERCY UPON THEM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adie, William Arnold
Allbrighton, Alfred
Allen, John
Bailey, Joshha
Baker, Joseph
Ball, Albert Edward
Baxter, Arthur
Bealy, Oliver
Brain, George
Brain, Oliver John
See details for all 61 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: 0
Died: 61
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,additional,decorations
Order of information: surname,forename,decorations,additional
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- St. George's Church
- WMO ID: 126271
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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