Memorial

Stourbridge

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Current Location

Mary Stevens Park, Love Lane, Stourbridge, Dudley, West Midlands, DY8 1BD, England

SO 89868 83544

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 2135
Description: Concrete foundation surmounted by granite base and Darley Dale stone plinth. Relief design panels on the front and rear of the plinth. Main shaft of the memorial has bronze plaques on the sides with the inscriptions. Surmounting the whole on the moulded cap is a bronze figure of peace holding out wreath in one hand and with a flag in the other Either side of the top of the shaft are two bronze laurel wreaths surrounding crests of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and two bronze lion's heads. One relief shows sailors manning a heavy gun on board a warship and the other shows infantry, a tank and a dispatch rider. Trophies depicted above the reliefs.
Inscription: (6 O'CLOCK FACE): IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ STOURBRIDGE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) (9 O'CLOCK FACE): THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION TO COMMEMORATE THE/ HEROISM OF THE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH/ & WAS UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT HON/ THE EARL OF COVENTRY FEB 25TH 1923 (3 O'CLOCK FACE): THESE MEN FOUGHT AND DIED/ IN MANY LANDS AND SEAS./ FRANCE BELGIUM ITALY RUSSIA/ GREECE TURKEY MESOPOTAMIA/ PALESTINE THE NORTH SEA (12 O'CLOCK FACE): 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)

Maker(s): John Cassidy RBS, Sculptor
The Bromsgrove Guild, Founder / Foundry
ERNEST W PICKFORD, Designer
MARTINS OF CHELTENHAM, Founder / Foundry