Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Cannock Chase
- Town
- Norton Canes
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26117
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Current location
ST JAMES CHURCH
Church Rd
Norton Canes
Cannock Chase
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 010 078
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Plaque fixed to wooden backboard. Single line border.
- Inscription
- LEST WE FORGET TO THE LASTING MEMORY OF / [LIST OF NAMES] / ALL THE ABOVE WERE OLD SCHOLARS OF NORTON CANES SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / ALSO [NAMES] THEY SHALL BE ALIVE FOR EVER./ ERECTED BY PAST AND PRESENT SCHOLARS OF THE BOYS SCHOOL AND A FEW FRIENDS / JULY 1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Harry
Bates, William
Birch, Joseph
Bott, Herbert
Clift, Wilfred
Cooper, Ernest
Fisher, Cha
Fisher, John
Gough, George
Grantham, William
See details for all 33 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height .75, width .50
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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