Heath Town Memorial Park

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Reference WMO/106263

Address:

Heath Town Memorial Park

Bushbury Road

Heath Town

Wolverhampton

WV10 0LU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The Grade II listed World War I memorial in Heath Town, Wolverhampton, takes the form of a bronze statue of an infantryman in uniform with a haversack, leaning on his rifle Figure by Walker of G.Fiorini Foundry. The statue stands on a plinth which is at the summit of a conical base covered in planting and surrounded by railings (replica railings reinstated 09/05/2014). On the front and back faces of the plinth are bronze plaques listing the names of the fallen. On one side face of the plinth is a bronze plaque depicting an Air Force scene, and on the opposite side another bronze plaque with a naval scene on it. In front of the conical base of the memorial is a smaller granite plinth with a bronze plaque on the front. The memorial is in Heath Town Park at the intersection of four paths. Replacements for a missing Lee Enfield rifle and small plaque were re-cast, bronze plaques on the memorial were cleaned and re-patinated, including a small plaque that had become detached from the memorial and was in the council’s possession (this was subsequently re-attached to the memorial) and wax was applied to all bronze elements. In addition, the granite plinth was cleaned and the plinth in front of the memorial was replaced. As this plinth was not original and was damaged beyond repair it was felt that a replacement in granite was appropriate within the terms of the grant.
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Plaque at front This park and monument, acquired by voluntary/ subscriptions, is the public memorial to the/ men of Heath Town who gave their lives / in the Great War 1914-1918 The scheme was inaugurated by the Urban District/ Council, in conjunction with the memorial committee/ under the chairmanship of Councillor Williams Rowlands/ who unveiled the monument on September 25th 1920 on name plaque, Erected in grateful memory of the men/ of this district who fell in the Great War/ 1914-1918

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