Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Witton
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28357
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Current location
By the Main Gate
IMI PLC Kynochj Works
Brookvale Rd
Witton
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 7BA
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 080 910
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone tablet set into a stone block frame against the wall. ICI logo at top. Inscription in black lettering.
- Inscription
- ICI/ IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES/ LIMITED/ KYNOCH WORKS/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN &/ WOMEN OF THESE WORKS WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD/ WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES/ (Names)/ CIVILIAN/ (Names)/ THEY DIED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Fredk H
Ashwell, Raymond A
Barr, Stewart
Bassett, Jack
Bird, William R
Bishop, William
Blakemore, C
Booker, Fred E
Brean, Kenneth R
Brooks, Sidney W
See details for all 81 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 64
Served and returned: 0
Died: 64
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename,additional
Order of information: surname,additional,forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height C 3000MM, width C 2000MM
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- ICI Kynoch Memorial
- WMO ID: 238648
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 18-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- IMI
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