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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Alrewas
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- ANDY DE COMYN (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 21st June 2001
Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46465
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Current location
Memorial is no 329 in Green Zone
at eastern edge of arboretum
beyond Polish Forces War Memorial
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 18710 14154
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sculpted concrete figure of blindfolded soldier with target hung around his neck. Figure is modeled on Private Herbert Burden who was shot at dawn aged seventeen. 307 wooden stakes are arranged in a semi-circle behind the statue, each bearing a small plaque with the name and service details of those shot at dawn during WW1. The memorial is set within a secluded stand of trees. Benches with individual dedicatory plaques are arranged around the perimeter of the memorial.
- Inscription
- (NO INSCRIPTION ON MEMORIAL FIGURE. 307 WOODEN STAKES SURROUND FIGURE, ONE FOR EACH OF THOSE SHOT AT DAWN, DISPLAYING THEIR NAME, RANK, REGIMENT AND DATE AND AGE AT DEATH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Clarke, H C
Flowler, C
Harrod, F H
Macdonald, Harry
Ridley, Henry Q
Webb, H M
Wild, Arthur
Richardson
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 307
Served and returned: 0
Died: 307
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Foename, surname, rank, regiment,year of death, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Figure
Measurements: height C 8.5FT
Materials: Concrete
- Other structure
- 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
- Shot at Dawn
- WMO ID: 78443
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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