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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Aston
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17277
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Current location
KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Frederick Rd
Aston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 6DT
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 080 890
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- RECTANGULAR PLAQUE WITH FLAT STEPPED PEDIMENT. INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF. SCHOOL BADGE IN THE UPPER CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE AND A MEDALLION OF ST GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON LOWER CENTRE.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF THE / OLD BOYS OF ASTON SCHOOL / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / (Names) / BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allday, Frank Leslie
Allen, Charles Edward
Allen, Staney Frank
Ames, Bertie
Bampton, James Henry
Banwell, Frederick N
Barrell, Charles W
Basen, Thomas Harold
Beston, C Bernard
Blackmore, B
See details for all 123 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 123
Served and returned: 0
Died: 123
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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