Memorial details

Memorial type
Garden
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), Post-1945 war or conflict, Non-Specific Conflict, Regimental Memorials
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: c.2002
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
68589

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Current location

Plot 215 in Orange Zone between Giffard and Yeomanry Avenues
National Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE137AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK1829614580
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Memorial garden in shape and design of the RAF Apprentices' insignia of a brass wheel, primarily made of terracotta/brick paving and coloured gravel enclosed within a beech hedge. There are pavers around the perimeter of the site commemorating different Apprentice Entries and individual apprentices. Decorative cast-iron gates with the years 1992-1993 above the Apprentices' insignia open and lead to a rough-cast irregular-shaped stone of remembrance with a rectangular inlaid brass plaque set on a decorative hard surface. The pathway to the stone and beyond to the centre of the garden is delineated with memorial stone tablets with commemorative inscriptions. The garden includes an information plaque on a plinth and individual remembrance plaques.
Inscription
(Insignia flanking each side and in the middle of the words "HALTON GROVE")/ THE RAF APPRENTICE SCHEME WAS FOUNDED IN 1920 / BY LORD TRENCHARD , "THE FATHER" OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE./ THIS GROVE COMMEMORATES THOSE BOYS WHO WERE/ TRAINED AT NO.1 SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL TRAINING RAF HALTON/ AS SKILLED TECHNICIANS AND ADMINISTRATORS , KNOWN/ AFFECTIONATELY AS "TRENCHARD BRATS"./ THE CENTERPIECE OF THE GROVE/ REPRESENTS THE FAMOUS RAF APPRENTICE "WHEEL" BADGE./WE REMEMBER WITH PRIDE AND SORROW / OUR COLLEAGUES WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / DURING WWII AND THOSE LOST IN EARLIER/ AND LATER CAMPAIGNS/ "WHEN BEECH LEAVES ARE FALLING, WHERE-E'ER WE MAY ROAM,/ OLD MEMORIES COME CALLING OF HALTON AND HOME"/
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Post-1945 war or 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
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Regimental Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Garden
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Cast Iron
  • Gates
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Paving
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: Heritage Lottery Fund provided a grant of £5,100 to contribute to an interactive information point.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public

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