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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40256
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Current location
Singer Hill Synagogue
Singers Hill
Birmingham
Birmingham
West Midlands
B1 1HL
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 06632 86412
Denomination: Jewish
- Description
- Wall-mounted, nowy-headed, bronze plaque with raised lettering; names in three columns. Decorative laurel border. Laurel wreath at top centre surrounds star of David.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919/ (INSCRIPTION IN HEBREW)/ TO THE PROUD MEMORY OF THE BIRMINGHAM/ JEWS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ "THEIR REMEMBRANCE SHALL REMAIN FOR EVER,/ AND THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN,/ THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE,/ LET THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrahams, G
Apter, S
Benjamin, C
Brooks, F J
Chessis, W
Fifer, G
Fink, S
Fordanski, C
Freeman, J
Gabriel, H M
See details for all 52 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 52
Served and returned: 0
Died: 52
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 2000mm, width 1.500mm
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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