Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tamworth
- Town
- Tamworth
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13745
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Current location
St Editha's Church
St Editha's Close
off Church Street
Tamworth
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 7DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 20785 04089
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Ten wall mounted stone tablets for WW1 and five stone tablets for WW2. Incised lettering.
- Inscription
- WW1 Tablet 1: TAMWORTH / (26 NAMES) // Tablet 2: (28 NAMES) // Tablet 3: (28 NAMES) // Tablet 4: (28 NAMES) // Tablet 5: (28 NAMES) // Inscription tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 // Tablet 6: (4 NAMES) / GLASCOTE / (21 NAMES) // Tablet 7: (28 NAMES) // Tablet 8: (10 NAMES) / AMINGTON / (15 NAMES) // Tablet 9: (5 NAMES) / HOPWAS / (20 NAMES) // Tablet 10: (1 NAME) / KETTLEBROOK / (25 NAMES) // WW2 - Above WW2 tablets: 1939 - 1945 // Tablet 1: TAMWORTH / (30 NAMES) // Tablet 2: (32 NAMES) // Tablet 3: (32 NAMES) // Tablet 4: (5 NAMES) / GLASCOTE / (23 NAMES) // Tablet 5: (10 NAMES) / HOPWAS / (6 NAMES) / KETTLEBROOK / (7 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, N
Adie, W A
Allbrighton, A
Allen, C
Allen, J
Allen, J H
Allport, H
Archer, E H
Archer, J B
Archer, W H
See details for all 472 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 267
Served and returned: 0
Died: 267
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename initials
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 145
Served and returned: 0
Died: 145
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames initials
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablets
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST EDITHA
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- TAMWORTH : Stone Tablets For WW1 & WW2
- WMO ID: 110081
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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