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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Stoke On Trent
- Town
- Dresden
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Specific Conflict
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61872
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Current location
In the park grounds
Longton Park
Trentham Rd
Dresden
Stoke On Trent
Staffordshire
ST3 4AZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 900 430
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cenotaph with dedicatory tablet and several plaques within the structure.
- Inscription
- Tablet: In memory of all those of Meir, Longton and district who gave their lives during the 1914-1918 war and the 1939-1945 war and all other wars and conflicts since, so that we could be free. This tablet was erected in 1984. Their name liveth for everymore. (Exact line spacing unknown). Plaque: THE BUILDING OF/ THIS CENOTAPH WAS/ INITIATED BY/ FLORECE CARR/ OF DRESDEN IN THE 1920'S
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Specific Conflict
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Cenotaph
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website tinyurl.com/6zpngym
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