Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Alrewas
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999), Regimental Memorials
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72464
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Current location
Memorial is no. 352 in Green Zone
close to Gallipoli Memorial on Millennium Avenue
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 1835714508
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- An upright, irregular-shaped roughcast stone set on a slate bed. The stone is engraved with the regimental insignia and name. There are two metal plaques fixed to the stone.
- Inscription
- Stone: (Insignia)/ MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS/ Plaque 1: MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS WERE FORMED IN 1967 FROM THE/ TERRITORIAL ARMY INFANTRY BATTALIONS OF WORCESTERSHIRE,/CHESHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND/ DERBYSHIRE. FOR TWENTY ONE YEARS, ALL RANKS OF/ MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS PLAYED A FULL PART IN THE SUCCESSFUL/ PROSECUTION OF THE COLD WAR, SERVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,/ GERMANY, CYPRUS, GIBRALTAR, KENYA AND BELIZE. IN 1988, THE/ 1ST AND 2ND BATTALIONS OF MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS WERE/ DISBANDED AND ITS SUB-UNITS INCORPORATED IN THE RE-FORMED/ TERRITORIAL ARMY BATTALIONS OF THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT,/ THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT AND THE WORCESTERSHIRE/ AND SHERWOOD FORESTERS REGIMENT./ Plaque 2: (Insignia)/ 4TH BATTALION THE MERCIAN REGIMENT/ FORMED 24TH AUGUST 2007/ "A WORTHY SUCCESSOR"/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Regimental Memorials
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)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Regimental Memorials
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
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