Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Stafford
- Town
- Stone
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10th January 1921
Attended by: Earl of Dartmouth PC KCB - Dedicated
Date: 10th January 1921
Attended by: REV G R NEWMAN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2215
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Current location
On a triangular island in front of the former Post Office (now a Wetherspoons pub)
Granville Square
junction of Radford Street (A520)
Station Road
and High Street
Stone
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST15 8AA
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 90116 33999
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square section column, surmounted by a cast bronze figure of a soldier, bare-headed, with belt, haversack and water bottle, standing with a short Lee-Enfield rifle in reverse arms. A steel helmet is at his feet. Two sets of four cast bronze plaques are mounted on the sides of the column. The upper set carries the WW1 Names, the lower set the WW2 Names. Beneath the plaques on the front face is a yellow marble tablet carrying addenda from both conflicts, incised and gilded, within a gilded border. There is a Stafford knot at the base of each of the WW2 plaques.
- Inscription
- 6 o' clock face: Upper plaque: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" / 1914-1919 / (Names) Lower plaque: 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Other faces: Upper: (Names); Lower: 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, E G
Barker, C H
Bennett, G R
Blakeman, G
Blakeman, J
Blakeman, R
Bloor, H
Bott, R
Bourne, G
Bowdidge, J A
See details for all 125 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 73
Served and returned: 0
Died: 70
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, initial, awards, rank, unit
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 138
Served and returned: 0
Died: 138
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank, regiment
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Memorial
Measurements: depth 940mm, height C 5300mm, width 940mm
Materials: Stone - Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL
- Grade II
- 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
- Stone War Memorial
- WMO ID: 251248
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 04-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1997: renovated to add names that were not included in the memorial before. DATE UNKNOWN: PLANS TO MOVE MEMORIAL DUE TO PEDESTRIANISATION OF THE AREA
- Costs
Site: £1000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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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