Castle Bromwich Altar of Remembrance

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Reference WMO/106223

Address:

Junction of The Green and Old Croft Lane

Castle Bromwich

Birmingham

B36 9AR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Sandstone
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
About the memorial: Charles Edward Bateman, architect born 1863, was responsible for the design of the war memorial on the village green. It is rectangular in shape and the names are inscribed on plaques, with a cross in the centre of the two lists of names, under which are the words: At the Going Down of the Sun and in the Morning we will Remember Them. On the reverse side it has the words in red now faded Altar of Remembrance. The memorial sits within a small garden surrounded by a low limestone wall and fairly close to the road. Wheelchair accessible. Open air service held every Remembrance Sunday. Rededicated 2010.
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The Great War 1914 - 1918 with names The World War 1939 - 1945 with names Plaque added at botton front bearing the words 'In memory of those who have fallen in conflicts since 1945. The rear central section of the memorial reads Alter Of Remembrance, the left hand side 'They Shall Grow Not Old As We That Are Left Grow Old', the right hand section reads ' Age Shall Not Weary Them Nor The Years Condemn'.

The Great War 1914-1918 S Andrews A Hancox S G Ravenhall H Betts J Harvey H E Rhodes E Birch A Hemmings J T Rowley R O B Bridgeman G Holtham H Rudd G Brotherton B T Harris H Rushton R E Bullows E Irons S Smith J T Churchill F Irons C Stone F Crofts G Irons H J Walington E Eden W J Leake A W Watton F Eden W S Morgan J Woolley F D Evans G Neville F W Yatt THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 W Adams F Forbes N Stocker O G Baker G E Gostling L Thomas T Collins E Hall R Thompson A Cooke B Johnson A Tonks J Cook E Jones B Walker G Cox A Mc Henry J Winkley R Crawford A Milner B Winning D R Davis G Palmer G Winning E Davis T Sale R Wynn R Dawers J Savage And M Dunn J Snowball Marry W Green

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