Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Wyre Forest
Town
Stourport On Severn
County
Hereford And Worcester
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Rededicated
    Date: April 2015
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
37876

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Current location

Outside the factory gate
Morgan Matroc
Bewdley Rd
Stourport On Severn
Wyre Forest
Hereford And Worcester
DY13 80R
England

OS Grid Ref: SO803722
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Stone tablet set into a replica of a Lutyens Stone of Remembrance on elevated platform. Incised inscription. ICI symbol carved at top centre. Additional tablet added to the top to record rededication in April 2015.
Inscription
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL / INDUSTRIES LIMITED/ STREATITE & PORCELAIN PRODUCT WORKSS/ STOURPORT ON SEVERN/ TO THE GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ PERSONNEL OF THESE WORKS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ THEY DIED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE (Rededication Tablet) / MORGAN/ ADVANCED MATERIALS/ A RE-DEDICATION ITO COMMEMORATE OUR SIX MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR TOMORROW FOR OUR TODAY/ TEMPUS FUGIT, NON AUTEM MEMORA / 2014
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 620MM, height 1640MM, width 2270MM
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 530MM, width 960MM
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
NAME PANEL IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND LEGIBLE, BUT THE STONE OF REMEMBRANCE APPEARS TO BE COVERED WITH BIOLOGICAL GROWTH (NOVEMBER 2000)
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate

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