Memorial details

Memorial type
Garden
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
20th Century Wars (1900-1999), Non-Specific Conflict, 21st Century Wars (2000-Present)
Ceremony
  • Rededicated
    Date: 29/06/2017
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
51098

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Current location

Between the Beat and the Mediterranean Campaigns of WW2. Memorial is no. 313
NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 188 147
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A rose garden with a design of four sections, divided by stone paths. Each section has roses of different colours, to portray the stages of bereavement: red (anger), purple (despair), pastels (acceptance) and yellow ( happy memories). Ornamentation within the garden includes a stone fountain and a sundial on a stone plinth with two tablets of dedication to a past President of the Association, Baroness Strange. There is a brick plinth with a dedicatory blue-coloured metal plaque set into the top which includes a depiction of a map of the world.
Inscription
Plinth Plaque: THE WAR WIDOWS' ROSE GARDEN/ PLAQUE PRESENTED BY CHRIS SWAN Plinth Plaque, inset left: THE RED SPOTS/ INDICATE THE/ LOCATION BY/ COUNTRY OF THE/ WAR GRAVES OF/ BRITAIN'S FALLEN/ THE SEAS COVER/ THEIR OWN DEAD/ Plinth Plaque, inset right: DEDICATED TO/ THE COURAGE/ OF ALL/ WAR WIDOWS Sundial, Tablet 1: IN MEMORY OF/ BARONESS STRANGE/ 1928-2005/ Sundial, Tablet 2: PRESIDENT OF THE/ WAR WIDOWS ASSOCIATION/ OF GREAT BRITAIN
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • 21st Century Wars (2000-Present)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Garden
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Fountain
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal, Stone
  • Sundial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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