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Memorial details

Memorial type
Hospital / Clinic
District
Tamworth
Town
Tamworth
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 29th May 1924
    Attended by: HRH THE DUKE OF YORK KG
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13752

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Current location

Please contact directly the site to confirm whether the Memorial Hall is accessible to the public.
MacGregor Tithe
Hospital Street
Tamworth
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 7EF
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 20646 04289
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Tamworth General Hospital (Redundant)
    Hospital Street
    Tamworth
    Tamworth
    Staffordshire
    B79 7EE
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SK 20653 04341
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
WARD WING AND OUT-PATIENTS HALL WITH DEDICATORY PLAQUES AND LISTS OF THE FALLEN INSIDE THE HALL. MAIN MEMORIAL TABLET IS BRONZE. OVER THE INSCRIPTION IS A RELIEF CROSS WITH LAUREL RELIEF. AT REACH CORNER IS AN ENGLISH ROSE. TWO FURTHER BRONZE TABLETS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE HALL BEAR THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO DIED.
Inscription
MAIN TABLET - THEY WHOM THIS HALL / COMMEMORATES WERE / NUMBERED AMONG THOSE / WHO AT THE CALL OF KING / & COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT / WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED / HARDNESS, FACED DANGER, & / FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE / SIGHT OF MEN BY THE / PATH OF DUTY AND SELF- / SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR / OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS / MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. / LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO / IT THAT THEIR NAME BE NOT FORGOTTEN TWO PLAQUES ON EITHER SIDE - THESE WALLS RECORD THE NAMES OF 608 MEN / OF TAMWORTH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918 / (NAMES UNDER EACH DISTRICT IN TAMWORTH)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abbott, H
Aday, H
Adderley, J
Adie, W A
Alcott, J H
Allbrighton, H
Allbrighton
Allen, V
Allen
Allgood, H
See details for all 605 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 608
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 608
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname
    Order of information: Surname
Components
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Site: £12000

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference
  • Anonymous, 'Royal visit to Tamworth: Enthusiastic reception of the Duke of York opening of local war memorial', Tamworth Herald, Saturday 31 May 1924, pp. 5 & 8.
  • War Memorials Online: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/243320 + www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/252920/
  • Tamworth Herald, 14 November 2002.
  • Anonymous, 'Memorial Hall set to open soon', Tamworth Herald, Thursday 29 November 2001, p. 3.

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