Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Alrewas
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Regimental Memorials, First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 77355
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Current location
Memorial is withi the Army Parade area on the route to the Armed Forces memorial. The grid reference is approximate only.
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 18328 14444
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- An upright roughcast black stone memorial with a curved top. The front and back faces of the stone are inset with smooth black stone tablets. One face has a commemorative inscription in white lettering below an engraving of the regimental insignia; the alternate face is fully covered with an engraving of the insignia of the regiment. The stone is fixed to a small rectangular base of grey stones. It is one of a number of regimental memorials within the Army Parade area.
- Inscription
- PRINCESS LOUISE & ARGYLL/ AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/ FORMED IN 1881 FROM THE AMALGAMATION OF THE/ 91ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS/ AND THE 83RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/ "THE THIN RED LINE AT BALAKLAVA"/ ABSORBED INTO THE ROYAL REGIMENT/ OF SCOTLAND IN 2006./ 27 BATTALIONS WERE RAISED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR./ 9100 ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS./ 16 MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT - INCLUDING/ 7 IN THE SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS WERE AWARDED THE/ VICTORIA CROSS./ NE OBLIVISCARIS/ SANS PEUR
- 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 - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - 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 - Crimean War (1853-1856)
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 - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Memorial
- WMO ID: 254884
- Condition: Good [last updated on 28-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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