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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Sandwell
- Town
- Smethwick
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th June 1924
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17499
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Current location
North eastern side of the company's sports ground
Thimblemill Recreation and Entertainment Centre
Thimblemill Road
Smethwick
Sandwell
West Midlands
B67 6LS
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 01326 87180
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A three-stepped base surmounted by a pedestal and bronze figure of a serviceman standing with arms reversed, head bowed and his hat behind him at his feet. Inscription plaques on the side of the pedestal. The wreath in the relief on each side of the base of the pedestal.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: TO THE/ EVERLASTING/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/ FROM THE MIDLAND WORKS/ OF GUEST KEEN &/ NETTLEFOLDS/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ KING & COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1919 3, 9 and 12 o'clock faces: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, T E
Anderton, W
Aston, J H
Atkinson, H
Bagnall, E
Barnes, A
Barnes, H
Bates, J C
Beck, J E
Blewitt, A E
See details for all 112 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 112
Served and returned: 0
Died: 112
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, additional.
Order of information: Surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Pedestal
- Listing information
- Guest Keen and Nettlefolds (GKN) 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
- GKN Memorial
- WMO ID: 151999
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 20-02-2019]
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- History
- The memorial has been vandalised in recent years - the soldier’s rifle and the small florets on the pedestal were stolen and attempts were made to saw off the soldier’s leg.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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