Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Alrewas
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: November 1945
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51069
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Current location
IN THE CLOISTERS
Natinal Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Rd
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 188 147
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- in offices
Stag Brewery
Brewer St
Pimlico
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 291 793
Denomination: Undefined - Albion Brewery (?)
333 Whitechapel Rd
Whitechapel
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E1
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 340 810
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- in offices
- Description
- Plain rectangular bronze plaque with inscription in relief
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY/ OF/ THOSE OF OUR TENANTS WHOSE NAMES AND HOUSE SIGNS/ ARE INSCRIBED BELOW/ WHO COURAGEOUSLY ENDURING - LOST THEIR LIVES/ BY ENEMY ACTION DURING THE BOMBING OF LONDON/ 1940 - 1945/ (Names)/ THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED/ BY/ COLONEL O. P. SEROCOLD, C.M.G./ CHAIRMAN OF WATNEY COMBE REID & CO. LTD./ NOVEMBER 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bond, Charlotte
Bond, William
Corteel, Desire Ac
Duckham, William H
Hearn, Florence A
Howell, Henry
Kerins, John
Kerins, John Mrs
Lindley, Charlotte
Turner, John J
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,relationships,occupation,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Watney Combe Reid and Co Brewery (WWII plaque)
- WMO ID: 74269
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Story of Watneys (Watney Combe) by W. P. Serocold (Ed) (1949) p.74 Published:Reid & Co Ltd 1949
- Brewery History Society Newsletter No 45 2009. Jack fo Newbury recorded bombing 25 September 1940 and that William and Charlotte were the only Watney licencees where both husband and wife were killed
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