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:
- Rededicated
- 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
- 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
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
- 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
- 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
- WAR WIDOWS' ROSE GARDEN
- WMO ID: 74240
- 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
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