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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sandwell
- Town
- Oldbury
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- DALLOW AND SONS (Sculptor)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52158
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Current location
ROOD END SCHOOL
Rood End Rd
Oldbury
Sandwell
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 009 889
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- MARBLE SHIELD ON STONE PLINTH
- Inscription
- PRO PATRIA MORI/ 1914-1918/ "THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF HIS MAJESTYS FORCES OF ROOD END WHO HEEDLESS OF SELF SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES THAT ENGLAND MIGHT LIVE"/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, Harry
Allsop, Frank Howard
Bastable, Samuel John
Bastable, T
Bennett, Ernest Harry
Carrier, Frank
England, Charles
Evans, Edward
Frewin, James
Griffiths, William
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 54
Served and returned: 27
Died: 27
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Plinth
Measurements: height 8FT, width 3FT
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- Listing information
- Rood End 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
- Rood End Memorial
- WMO ID: 155322
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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