Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Coventry
- Town
- Coventry
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17400
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Current location
London Road Cemetery
London Rd
Coventry
Coventry
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 342 781
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- FIVE STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH AND OBELISK. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH AND ON THE UPPER TWO STEPS ON THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE. NAMES LISTED IN GROUPS OF 17, ON EACH OF THE FOUR SIDES OF THE PLINTH.
- Inscription
- SIDES OF PLINTH: (NAMES) TOP STEP, 6 O'CLOCK FACE: ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR / COMRADES WHO GAVE THIER LIVES FOR / LIBERTY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918 / BY THE STAFF AND EMPLOYEES OF THE / TRIUMPH AND GLORIA COMPANIES STEP BELOW, 6 O'CLOCK FACE: HE WAS A MAN AND NOTHING THAT AFFECTED / THE HUMAN RACE WAS FOREIGN TO HIM BASE STEP: W SMITH & SONS
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Ball, E
Ballard, J
Bell, C Or G
Benson, J
Bones, A M
Brown, F L J
Carey, A
Clarke, H
Clarke, P
Clarke, P
See details for all 68 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 3800mm
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- LONDON ROAD CEMETERY, COVENTRY
- 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
- Triumph and Gloria Company Memorial, Coventry
- WMO ID: 194847
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- The site is owned and maintained by the Local Authority.
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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