Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Lichfield
Town
Lichfield
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Messrs. Bridgeman & Sons, Lichfield (Makers)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 19 March 1920
    Attended by: Mr. T. Levett-Prinsep (Chairman of the Directors)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
28887

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Current location

In front of the offices
Lichfield Brewery
Upper Street/St John Street
Lichfield
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9EA
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 11815 09070
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
STONE PLAQUE INSET INTO WALL OF BREWERY. THE INSCRIPTION AND NAMES ARE SURROUNDED BY A CARVED FOLIATE BORDER WITH RIBBONS. WREATH IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE PLAQUE WITH RIBBONS ON WHICH PRO PATRIA IS CARVED
Inscription
IN HONOUR OF THE EMPLOYEES / OF THIS BREWERY WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allsopp, Alfred
Black, John
Bytheway, R J C
Deaking, W
Evans, Albert
Foster, W M
Gilliver, Jas Hy
Martin, Geo
Matthews, Frederick
Nevill, Arthur
See details for all 13 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 13
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 13
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, forename, surname,regiment,
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1 M 20 EST, width 80 CM EST.
    Materials: Stone - Hopton Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Lichfield Mercury - Friday 26 March 1920 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000379/19200326/001/0002 Lichfield. Brewery Company's War Memorial An artistic mural war memorial has been erected in the front of the offices of the Lichfield Brewery Co. Ltd., in memory of the thirteen employees of tiie company who made the great sacrifice in the war. The memorial consists of a beautiful tablet executed bv Messrs. Bridgeman and Sons, Lichfield, and is carved out of Hopton Wood stone, with the lettering filled in with lead, to ensure its permanency. The nainete comprise thirteen workmen and clerks, ten being old Lichfield men. and three employees at the company's Leicester agency. Headed by the words "Pro Patria," the tablet reads:— In honour of the employees of this Brewery who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1919. (names) The unveiling ceremony was performed on Friday Mr. T. Levett-Prinsep (Chairman of the Directors), in the presence of his fellow directors and large number of employees of the company. Mr. Prinsep said he was glad to unveil that tablet as a tribute to the brave men who had given tlieir lives to save Britain and the world from the menace of German invasion, and he felt sure that the tablet would be a constant reminder to those who were left and those in years to come who would see it. of the devotion and self sacrifice which the good fellows whose names were inscribed on the tablet had given such a glorious example.
  • Roll of Honour www.roll-of-honour.com/Staffordshire/LichfieldBrewery.html
  • A Century of British Brewers plus plus 1890-2012 by Norman Barber, Mike Brown and Ken Smith p.138 Published:Longfield Brewery History Society 2012 Longfield, Kent Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd was acquired by Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd of Burton in 1930. Brewing ceased, but the company continued to run PHs, supplied from Burton, until 1935. The offices remain.
  • Geograph www.geograph.ork.uk/photo/2164860

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