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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Edgbaston
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63443
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Current location
St Georges Church
West Bourne Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 3DQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 05368 85529
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular tablet with a lion rampent above and cherubs each side. Below is a fleur-de-lys, crossed swords over a machine gun, and a sphinx.
- Inscription
- OUM SPIRO SPERO/ REMEMBER RAYMOND LODGE, SEC LIEUTENANT/ 2nd SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT, BELOVED/ SON OF OLIVER & LADY LODGE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY./ HE WAS BORN JAN 25th 1889 AND KILLED IN/ ACTION IN FLANDERS ABOUT NOON ON WEDNESDAY/ SEPTEMBER 14th IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1915/ AGED 26./ WHOSO BEARS THE WHOLE HEAVINESS OF THE WRONGED/ WORLDS WEIGHT AND PUT IT BY,/ IT IS WELL WITH HIM SUFFERING THOUGH HE FACE MANS FATE/ HOW SHOULD HE DIE./ SWINBURNE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 50mm, height 820mm, width 830mm
Materials: Alabaster
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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