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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Colton
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13525
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Current location
WEST WALL
SOUTH OF TOWER
PARISH CHURCH
Colton
Lichfield
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 050 200
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BRASS PLAQUE SET INTO MARBLE TABLET. WHOLE WALL-MOUNTED. BRASS PLAQUE IN SCROLL EFFECT. EFFECT OF SWORD IN SCABBARD BEHIND BRASS PLAQUE. SWORD HAS CRUCIFORM HANDLE, EACH ARM ENDING IN FLEUR DE LYS. I.H.S. AT CENTRE OF SWORD HANDLE.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEN/ OF COLTON WHO FOUGHT AND/ DIED FOR THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY/ AND JUSTICE IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbot, L E
Brain, E H
Champ, J W E
Currin, H
Deacon, J
Deval, G H
Goodall, J W
Hill, H G
Key, T
Middleton, J
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 32MM, height 1290MM, width 465MM
Materials: Marble
- 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
- St Mary the Virgin
- WMO ID: 219638
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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