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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Stoke On Trent
- Town
- Fenton
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38370
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Current location
On south aspect
Christ Church
Albert Sq
Fenton
Stoke On Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 3BX
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89096 44493
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Ornate wooden board with isncription painted on to a gold and black background. Painted winged figure at top with foliate design painted at sides
- Inscription
- REMEMBER ALL THOSE/ THE BRAVE THE TRUE WHO/ DIED THE DEATH OF HONOUR AND/ ARE DEPARTED IN THE HOPE OF/ RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE/ IN THAT PLACE OF LIGHT WHENCE/ SORROW AND HONOUR ARE FAR/ BANISHED GIVE THEM REST O LORD/ THE LOVER OF MEN/ OFFICERS & MEN IXTH BATTN PRINCE OF WALES NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT 37TH DIVISION PIONEERS 'A' COMPANY/ (NAMES)/ IF I SHOULD DIE, THINK ONLY THIS OF ME/ THAT THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD/ THAT IS FOREVER ENGLAND. THERE SHALL BE/ IN THAT RICH EARTH EART, A RICHER DUST CONCEALED/ A DUST WHOM ENGLAND BORE, SHAPED, MADE AWARE/ GAVE ONCE HER FLOWERS TO LOVE, HER WAYS TO ROAM/ A BODY OF ENGLAND'S BREATHING ENGLISH AIR/ WASHED BY THE RIVERS, BLEST BY SINS OF HOME./ (...)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ault, E
Barcroft, J
Burrows, J
Glover, A
Green, T Seaman
Grepp, W
Grocott, J
Harmer, Gerald
Mountford, J
Needham, A C
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 251
Served and returned: 239
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: regiment,place of death, surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 500MM, height 1250MM, width 660MM
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- 2000: SECTONS OF THE PAINT HAVE DISAPPEARED AND IT IS PLANNED TO HAVE THE MEORIAL REPAIRED WHEN THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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