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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Maker

MR HENRY CHARLES MITCHELL (Sculptor)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 25th September 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

19078

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Current location

Roadside,
Pooley Lane
off Tamworth Road
Polesworth
North Warwickshire
Warwickshire
B78 1JA
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 25759 03044
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Five-stepped square base surmounted by a plinth & rough-hewn granite column with finial. Leaded inscription & names on tablets around sides of plinth. The whole memorial stands on a shallow raised & shaped base surrounded by eight smaller pillars.

Inscription

6 o'clock face : THIS PILLAR OF REMEMBRANCE / IS ERECTED BY THE WORKPEOPLE / AND OWNERS OF POOLEY HALL / COLLIERY TO THE UNDYING / MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS MINE / WHO ANSWERED THE NATION'S CALL / AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914-1919 Other faces : (NAMES) Other face : WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL? / WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Ball, Albert E
Booton, Sydney C
Congrave, John P
Cope, William E
Daft, Frank
Dean, William
Fallett, George
Frost, Thomas H
Gullins, Thomas
Harper, Thomas
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Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite

Listing information

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Condition

POOLEY HALL COLLIERY WW1
WMO ID: 104944
Condition: Good [last updated on 31-10-2018]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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