Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Specific Conflict
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 14 November 2014
    Attended by: HRH The Princess Royal, patron, the Not Forgotten Association
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
78617

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Current location

The grid reference is approximate. The memorial is in the Riverside Zone
near the Shot at Dawn memorial.
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 18697 14189
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A three-sided column of two sections of polished green granite with a pyramid-shaped top supporting a sculpture of an elephant's head, the elephant holding a sword in its trunk. Each of the faces of the column has an engraving of the Association's elephant logo above an inscription in white lettering. The column has a shallow base of the same granite. The memorial is fixed to a triangular shaped base of flagstones. Embedded in the grass alongside the memorial is a small rectangular stone block with a further inscription describing the origins of the Association.
Inscription
[Face 1]: THE/ NOT FORGOTTEN/ ASSOCIATION/ FOUNDED IN 1920/ 'FROM COMRADESHIP TO CHALLENGE'/ [Face 2]: THE/ NOT FORGOTTEN/ ASSOCIATION/ A CHARITY PROVIDING:/ ENTERTAINMENT,/ LEISURE/ AND/ RECREATION/ FOR THE TRI-SERVICE COMMUNITY/ WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND/ WHO NOW SUFFER AS A CONSEQUENCE/' FROM COMRADESHIP TO CHALLENGE' [Face 3]: UNVEILED BY/ HRH/ THE PRINCESS ROYAL/ PATRON, THE NOT FORGOTTEN ASSOCIATION/ ON/ 14TH NOVEMBER 2014 [Tablet]: THE NOT FORGOTTEN ASSOCIATION WAS ESTABLISHED/ BY MISS MARTA CUNNINGHAM OBE IN 1920 TO/ PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT, LEISURE AND RECREATION TO/ THE SERVING AND EX-SERVICE WOUNDED, INJURED OR/ SICK AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Sculpture
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Column
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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