Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast figure
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Regimental Memorials
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
73937

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Current location

Memorial is in Green Zone off The Beat and close to the Royal Logistics Corps memorial
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7 AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 18371 14302
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A sculpted figure of a bomb disposal operator, in protective uniform and helmet, carrying an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) disruptor, walking towards a device. The statue is fixed to a slab of slate, in turn fixed to a plinth of polished black stone with tapering sides. At the rear of the statue is a further piece of OED equipment. There is a commemorative inscription in white lettering below engravings of regimental insignia on the front face; the three other faces are inscribed with an explanation of the memorial and a roll of honour of bomb disposal operators who have died in the course of duty. The plinth and statue rest on plain stone slabs and the memorial is within a grove.
Inscription
6 o'clock: DEDICATED TO THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE/THE AMMUNITION TECHNICIANS AND AMMUNITION TECHNICAL OFFICERS/ OF THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS AND THE ROYAL LOGISTICS CORPS/ KILLED WHILST CONDUCTING BOMB DISPOSAL ON OPERATIONS./ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM./ 12 o'clock: THIS STATUE REPRESENTS A BOMB DISPOSAL OPERATOR/ CONDUCTING 'THE LONG WALK' TO AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE,/ WEARING A PROTECTIVE SUIT TO GUARD FROM BLAST AND FRAGMENTATION AND/ CARRYING AN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL DISRUPTOR. TO THE REAR/ IS A PIECE OF ELECTRONIC COUNTER MEASURES EQUIPMENT. 3 o'clock & 9 o'clock: (Names...)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Regimental Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 31
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 31
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Date of death, rank, forename, middle initials, surname, honours, place of injury
    Order of information: Date of death
Components
  • Sculpture
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite, Slate
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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