Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Duddeston
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th November 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17374
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Current location
Birmingham Museum Trust Collection Centre
Dollman Street
Duddeston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B7 4RQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 08858 87527
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Council House
Edmund Street
Birmingham
Birmingham
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - In the grounds of the club.
Hollyfields Sports Centre
Woodacre Road
Erdington
Birmingham
West Midlands
B24 0JT
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 12302 91566
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Council House
- Description
- A hopton stone pedestal surmounted by a bronze figure of Britannia, with the inscription on the front of the pedestal. Newspapers and scrolls are sealed inside. Britannia holds vistory in her right hand and in her left she holds the palms of victory and the rosary of remembrance.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THE/ BIRMINGHAM/ GAS DEPARTMENT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 AND 1939-1945/ (Names)/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: height 2200MM
Materials: Stone - Hopton Wood - Sculpture
Measurements: height 1400MM
Materials: Bronze
- Pedestal
- 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
- City of Birmingham Gas Department
- WMO ID: 106564
- Condition: Very bad [last updated on 12-01-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1999: Memorial due to be refurbished and suitable replacement for figure considered. 1994: Bronze figure of Britannia was stolen shortly after it was moved to the current location. Unknown: When the memorial was moved from the council house the scrolls and newspapers were removed and conserved and re-gilded before being re-sealed within the work.
- Costs
Site: £550
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate,other
- Responsibility
- British Gas
- Reference
- Public Sculpture of Britain Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield (1998) pp.156-7
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