Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Regimental Memorials
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: October 2015
    Attended by: Colonel and Commanding Officer of the regiment; Chaplain; serving members and veterans of the regiment.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
77132

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Current location

Grid reference is approximate. Within Cavalry Grove on the approach to the Armed Forces Memorial
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 18358 14430
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
An upright rectangular polished granite stone of remembrance with irregularly carved edging. The front face of the stone has an inscription in gold lettering below the insignia of the regiment, carved in relief into the stone. The stone rests at the back of a rectangular base of the same granite. The memorial is one of several dedicated to cavalry regiments within Cavalry Grove (Crescent) and close to other, earlier memorials to divisions of the Hussars.
Inscription
THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS/ THE ROYAL HUSSARS (PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN)/ 14TH/20TH KING'S HUSSARS/ 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS (PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN)/ 11TH HUSSARS (PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN)/ 14TH KING'S HUSSARS/ 20TH HUSSARS/ THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR REGIMENT AND COUNTRY/ LEST WE FORGET
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
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: The King's Hussars Regimental Association

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