Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Birmingham
Town
Edgbaston
County
West Midlands
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 08 October 1922
    Attended by: Bishop of Birmingham
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
17341

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Current location

Main entrance.
University of Birmingham
Aston Webb Building
Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TN
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 04803 83464
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Three rectangular tablets with moulded edges and a circular design on the mouldings.
Inscription
TABLET ONE AND THREE: (NAMES) TABLET TWO: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / AND TO THE INSPIRING EXAMPLE / OF HER SONS WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adam, Peter
Adams, Ralph
Allkins, Wilfred S
Atherton, Charles W
Baird, Andrew A D
Bampton, James H
Banwell, Frederick N
Barber, Gordon H
Barclay, Allen
Barwell, Hugh W E
See details for all 172 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 178
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 178
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, honours
    Order of information: surname, forename
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: Undefined
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, Initial, Surname, Honour
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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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