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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Stafford
- Town
- Stafford
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Ashcroft and Perry, Marston Rd, Stafford (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 8 December 1921
Attended by: Lt-Col J Dawson DSO - Dedicated
Date: 8 December 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Lichfield - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38467
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Current location
On raised bank in front ofthe building.
135
Chetwynd Centre (formerly King Edward VI Grammar School)
Newport Rd
Stafford
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST16 2EZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 92193 22873
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Red sandstone obelisk bearing the school badge, the Stafford Knot surmounted by a Monarchial Crown. Below, a scroll bearing the School Motto "Incepta Persequor" (What I begin I finish). Plinth bears inscription and name tablets.
- Inscription
- 1914-1919 / IN MEMORY OF THE / BOYS OF THIS SHCOOL / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / "WHAT MEAN YE BY THESE STONES" / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arrowsmith, E
Averill, H M
Barlow, W H
Bloor, G H
Bloor, R T
Bloor, V U
Bostock, G
Buttery, E G
Carmichael, G
Carson, F M
See details for all 52 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 51
Served and returned: 0
Died: 51
Exact count: no
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL AT THE CHETWYND CENTRE
- 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
- Stafford Grammar School War Memorial
- WMO ID: 181836
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 28-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £250
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News by N/A Oct-21 Dec-21 Source: Media Library Published: N/A Wellington, Shropshire
- Stafford Newsletter, 10 December 1921 (William Salt Library, Stafford)
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