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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Solihull
- Town
- Hockley Heath
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52275
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Current location
ST THOMAS CHURCH
Spring La
Hockley Heath
Solihull
West Midlands
B94 5RP
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 151 722
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- COPPER PLAQUE DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS WITH INSCRIPTION ON THE FIRST SECTION, ENGRAVING OF A SOLIDER IN THE SECOND AND LIST OF NAMES IN THE THIRD ENGRAVING OF A SOLIDER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ THE REREDOS AND THIS TABLET/ WERE ERECTED BY PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY/ OF THOSE HEOES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ AND WHO WERE FORMALLY/ RESIDENTS OF THIS PARISH/ OR ATTEND DEVINE SERVICE/ IN THIS CHURCH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bellamy, G
Bellamy, T
Buckley, H
Bullivant, G
Callaghan, A
Capewell, C
Edgar, A
Foreshew, O
Freeman, T
Frost, E
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 52
Served and returned: 26
Died: 26
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper
- 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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