Memorial details

Memorial type
Garden
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), Falklands Conflict (1982)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76760

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Current location

Approximate grid reference. Part of Allied Special Forces Assocn garden at eastern end of the arboretum
near river
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 18881 14950
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A garden within the Allied Special Forces Association Grove (WMR 61527). The garden is under development: the principal memorial is/will be a stainless steel structure depicting three Horsa Gliders descending onto a giant "S". It includes includes trees with associated individual memorial plaques to airborne officers who served at Arnhem and in the Falklands conflict.
Inscription
[Plaque 1]: THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF 3 YOUNG SOLDIERS WHO SERVED WITH THE/ 3RD BATTALION PARACHUTE REGIMENT/ [Names...]/ THESE LADS LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE 12TH JUNE 1982, WHILST ATTACKING ENEMY POSITIONS/ DURING THE FINAL BATTLE ON MOUNT LONGDON, CLOSE TO THE CAPITAL/ PORT STANLEY DURING THE FALKLANDS WAR./ THEY HELPED SECURE THE FREEDOM OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE ON THE ISLANDS./ "UTRINQUE PARATUS"/ ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE 2014 [Plaque 2]: MARK STEVEN DODSWORTH/ 3RD BATTALION PARACHUTE REGIMENT/ 5TH APRIL 1958 TO 12TH JUNE 1982 - AGE 24 YEARS/ AT THE AGE OF 16, MARK ENLISTED WITH THE JUNIOR LEADERS BATTALION. AT 17 HE JOINED 3/ PARA. SEVEN YEARS LATER IN THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT LONGDON DURING THE FALKLANDS WAR HE/ WAS SHOT AND SEVERELY WOUNDED WHILST CARING FOR AN INJURED PARA. DURING THE JOURNEY/ TO THE MEDICAL AID STATION HE SADLY PASSED AWAY, BUT WAS COMFORTED ON THE JOURNEY BY/ TRUDI MCPHEE ONE OF THE FIGHTING ISLANDERS WHO USED THEIR LOCAL TRANSPORT TO HELP THE/ PARA'S./ HE IS REMEMBERED HERE BY HIS MUM CAROLE, DAD BRYAN, HIS BROTHERS/ BRIAN & ALAN, HIS FRIENDS AND SERVICE COLLEAGUES./ "DEUS VAUT" "UTRINQUE PARATUS"/ WOLVERHAMPTON PARACHUTE REGIMENT ASSOCIATION/ ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE 2013./ [Plaque 3]:PTE NEIL GROSE/ 3 PARA/ 11TH JUNE 1964-12TH JUNE 1982/ BELOVED SON AND BROTHER/ LOST HIS YOUNG LIFE IN THE/ BATTLE FOR MOUNT LONGDON/ FALKLANDS ISLANDS/ BRAVELY FOUGHT,/ SADLY MISSED
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Falklands Conflict (1982)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Regiment, forename, surname, age, date of death, place of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tree
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public

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