Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Garden
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Alrewas
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Specific Conflict, Regimental Memorials
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61716
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Current location
Memorial is no 241. At gravelworks end of Yeomanry and Giffard Avenues on bank.
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Rd
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 1818914777
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Grove with rectangular smooth grey stone of remembrance set within a bed of ornamental gravel with stone bordering. Stone has dedicatory inscription, above which is the regimental emblem.
- Inscription
- Stone : Baluch Regiment/ The Baluch Regiment-Indian Army 1820-1947/ Raised in 1820 as a regiment of Native Infantry and/ renamed successively Baluchistan Regiment, Bombay Infantry (1895), Baluchistan Infantry (1902) and 10th, Baluch Regiment (1922)./ Men were recruited from tribes of the Indian sub-continent/ Baluch, Pathans, Punjabi Mussulman (Moslims) and/ Dogras (Hindus)./ They served loyally and in amity under British and Indian/ officers and fought in campaigns in Abyssinia (1868), in China (1900) in World War I in Europe (1914,1915)/ and East Africa, in the North West frontier of India,/ in Afghanistan, in World War II (1939-1945), in the Middle/ East, Italy, Greece, Malaya and Burma./ Planted in 2002 to commemorate all those who served the/ Crown with the Baluch Regiment. This grove was subscribed/ to by officers who were privileged to lead and serve./ In proud and everlasting memory./ Kai! Kai! Baluch
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Regimental Memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Specific Conflict
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
- Baluch Regimental Memorial
- WMO ID: 254092
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Officers of the Baluch Regiment
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