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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Sandwell
- Town
- Smethwick
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17501
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Current location
SMETHWICK CEMETERY (THE UPLANDS)
Smethwick
Sandwell
West Midlands
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 020 870
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CROSS OF SCARIFICE SET UPON A MOUND AROUND WHICH IS A LOW WALL AT THE BASE WITH THE NAMES ON
- Inscription
- PLINTH, CROSS: THIS CROSS OF SACRIFICE IS ONE IN DESIGN / AND INTENTION WITH THOSE WHICH HAVE / BEEN SET UP IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND / OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD / WHERE OUR DEAD OF THE / GREAT WAR ARE LAID TO REST / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE WALL, SIDE ONE: ON THIS WALL ARE RECORDED THE NAMES / OF THOSE MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / WHOSE GRAVES ARE IN THIS CEMETERY / BUT ARE NOT MARKED BY HEADSTONES WALL, OTHER SIDES: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, H J
Bolstridge, S
Brazenell, H
Burgess, R S
Cox, G W
Davis, W H
Day, F W
Downes, M
Dunn, P R
Ellard, E
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 31
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,additional
Order of information: surname,additional,rank,regiment,year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- 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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