Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Sutton Coldfield
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MR FRANCIS W DOYLE JONES (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01st November 1922
Attended by: FIELD MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM R ROBERTSON BART GCB GCMG KCVO DSO - Dedicated
Date: 01st November 1922
Attended by: Bishop of Birmingham - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17347
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Current location
In the centre of the square
King Edward Square
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 12007 96485
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TWO-STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY TWO PLINTHS AND FIGURE OF A SERVICEMAN IN FULL BATTLEDRESS WITH RIFLE. INSCRIPTION ON METAL PLAQUES ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF THE PLINTHS. WHOLE IS SURROUNDED BY AN ORNAMENTAL GARDEN WREATH WITH CROSSED TORCHES IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE PLINTH. TOWN CREST ON THE PLAQUE ON THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: ERECTED TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / SUTTON / COLDFIELD / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / "THEY DIED THT WE MIGHT LIVE" / ALSO TO THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) OTHER FACES: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adcock, J
Aldridge, E
Allday, F L
Allen, H
Andrews, J
Angell, R S
Arbery, J S
Arnold, E
Arnold, O V
Ash, G
See details for all 352 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 510
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 510
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 510
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 510
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: height 4600MM
Materials: Granite - Dalbeattie - Figure
Measurements: height 1800MM
Materials: Bronze
- Plaques
- Listing information
- Sutton Coldfield War Memorial
- 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
- Sutton Coldfield
- WMO ID: 199300
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1979: MEMORIAL RESTORED FOLLOWING DAMAGE
- Costs
Site: £1650 0S 0D
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- SUTTON COLDFIELD DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Reference
- Public Sculpture of Britain Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield (1998) pp.77-8
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