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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Witton
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17697
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Current location
WITTON CEMETERY
WITHIN PLOT 188
Moor La
Witton
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 7AE
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 080 910
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WALL WITH INSCRIPTION CARVED INTO THE STONE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. METAL PLAQUES PLACED IN THE CENTRE WITH NAMES IN RELIEF
- Inscription
- THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (NAMES)/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THESE MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOIR THIER COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 WHOSE GRAVES/ ARE IN THIS CEMETERY BUT ARE NOT MARKED BY SEPARATE HEADSTONES
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 59
Served and returned: 0
Died: 59
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,age of death,additional
Order of information: surname,additional,rank,regiment,year died,age of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 650MM, width 390MM
Materials: Bronze - Wall
Measurements: height 1720MM
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- 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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