Dudley Clock Tower and WW1 memorial lobby

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Reference WMO/231250

Address:

Rear of Council House,

Priory Street

Dudley

DY1 1HF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Other
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Clock tower
Lettering: Incised
About the memorial: Dudley in 1918 was a County Borough with a 1911 population of 51,079. Its War Memorial was incorporated in the clock tower of the new Town Hall of 1928, which was unveiled by Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, at the same time as he opened the Town Hall buildings. The architect was Harvey and Wicks and the sculptor was William Bloye. On the main façade and above the first floor window appears a sculpture of St. George and the Dragon. Four bronze lion heads were added in 1936 to support flag-poles beside the entrance. At the base is a vaulted chamber, entered from the street via heavy iron gates which are usually open for a few days either side of Remembrance Sunday and over its entrance is the unusual and thought provoking inscription. Inside the arched and vaulted chamber, the corbels depict the rose, thistle, shamrock and daffodil. The names of the Dudley men are commemorated on two walls of the chamber and the lettering is beautifully inscribed in stone. There are two alphabetical sequences, indicating that some names were added at a later stage. The central panels of the two walls are in alphabetical order without rank or regiment. A second set of names, in two columns and mostly in alphabetical order, is recorded at the side of the main panels. Research by John Hale of ‘Men and Memorials of Dudley’ shows the following on their website. ‘There are 720 names but what with errors, these represent 717 men. Most of the names also appear on Dudley’s Ward Memorials, erected beside the churches at Kates Hill, Netherton and Woodside. Many churches, schools and clubs also had memorials, including St. James, Dudley Grammar School and Bishop Claughton School’. The following are in the order on their website where more information can be found. See also Amblecote History Society’s website See also Book of Remembrance WW11 255027 and Cenotaph 255138
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above the arch outside "IF YOU THINK, HAVE A KINDLY THOUGHT,IF YOU SPEAK, SPEAK GENEROUSLY, OF THOSE WHO AS HEROES FOUGHT AND DIED TO KEEP YOU FREE" On the left side of the lobby above the names is "Carved on these walls are the names of the men of Dudley/who gave their lives for their country in the Great War"

In order as shown on Men and memorials of Dudley's website. Abbis T/Abbis W/Abrahams A J MSM/Abrahams W C/Alderson W A/Allcock W/Allen W E/Allen J E/ Allen H E/Amos W/ Arnold W/ Ashman H/ Aston F H/ Aston S H/ Attwell H/Baggott W/Baggott F W/ Baker J E/Baker A E/Baker W/ Baker W A/ Baker W/ Baker F/Baker W H/ Bakewell C/ Bakewell W/ Ballard G A/ Banes T E/ Barker F/ Barkham /Barnett H/ Barnett J/ Barney P T/Barratt G/Barton H/ Bartram W R/Bateman R/ Bayliss H/ Bayliss B/ Bayliss J/ Bayton W/ Beagin J DCM/Bealey O/ Beare R V/ Beats H/ Beddall S/ Beddall J/ Beese J/Beese C N/ Bell H R/.Benbow S/Bennett W H/Bennett W/ Bennett S/Beresford R/Bill John/Binns H/Birch J J/ Bird T/Bird S/Bishop V H/Bishop J/Bissell C H/Blackham H G/Bladen E G/Bonner J G/Bowater E/Bowater S G/Bowater W/Bowyer F F/ Boxley J/Bradley J/Brazenhall W/Brindley J H/Brookes J/Brookes A/Brooks A/Brooks G H/Broome G/Brough S/Brough S/Brown W/Brown J H/Brown T/Brown A E/ Brownhill I/Brownhill J H/Bruntnell F/Bruton T A/Bruton H/Buckley A/Bucknall J/ Bull A/Bunney G E/ Bunney H V/Burchell W/Burchell W/Burgess W/ Burgess B/ Burke C/Burns W H/Burns C/Burton Z/Cadman J/Capel J H/Carpenter F W/ Carpenter W/ Carter S/Carter J/Carter A/ Cartwright S/Cartwright J/Cartwright J J /Cartwright W/Cartwright S/ Case S F/Cash H/Cash H/ /Cemm W/Chambers S/ Chance A H/ Chancellor J/ Channings W H/ Chaplin A B/ Chapman J/ Chatterton A E/Chattin H. Chattin J/ Chattings A/ Childs T/ Chilton B/ Chrisman A/ Clark W/ Clarke W H/ Clinton P/ Coalbourne S/ Coates J/ Cole W/Cole S E/ Cole W T/ Cole W T/ Cole P/ Collett S/ Collins J/ Colwell S/ Cook E/ Cook C M/ Cookson E/ Cooper A/ Corfield G E/Cornfield J/Cotterill W/ Cotterill J/Cotton L/Cox J/Crampton T/Crampton J/ Crane S/ Crane E/ Crew J C/ Crockett T J/ Crook J/Cross T G/ Crowshaw W/ Cutler J T/ Dabbs E H/ Dainty H/ Dainty C/ Daley J/ Danks T/ Darby I/ Darby H/ Darlow W/ Davey W T/ Davison A J/ Davies A MM/ Davies G E/ Davies D/ Davies J F/ Davies J/ Davies L G/ Davies N/ Davies L A/ Davies N T/ Davies R/ Davies S/Davies J/Edwards E/ Davies H/Dean W/Dixon D/ Donnell E R/ Donovan H G/ Doo A C/ Dorsett L/Downing J W/ Downing T/ Drew S/ Dudley J C/ Dudley E/ Dudley J S E/ Dukes W/ Dukes W/ Dunn T/Dunn H/ Dyke W/ Dyke J/ Eades A H/ Eastman A/ Edge T/ Edkins G R/ Edmonds A/ Edwards J/Edwards J W/ Edwards E J K/ Edwards J H/ Edwards W J/ Elcock R/ Elcock J/ Elcock S/ Ennis A/ Ennis J/Ennis S/ Ennis S/ Ettle H/ Evans W/ Evans A J/ Evans C/ Evans M/ Everiss C W MM/Farley F S/ Farley E/ Farmer J H/ Ferraby B/ Field W/ Finch T/ Flanaghan C/Flavell G/ Fleming J/ Fleming T/ Follows S E/Fones B Ford B/ Forrest H/ Forrest G H/ Fowkes W H/ Fradgley S/ Franks J T/ Franks W/ Frisby J/ Fryer O H/ Fryer O H/ Gatehouse E R/ Gaunt J/ Gavan J/ Gillard F/ Gillard W/ Gillard S H/ Glazzard J T/ Goldie C MM/ Gordon C/Gould F E/ Gould F/ Grainger J W/ Grazebrook C A/ Green J/ Green T H/ Green C H/ Greenfield P/ Greenhalgh H/Greenway J/ Griffin J/ Griffin H G/ Griffiths H H/ Griffiths T/ Grove J/ Guest B/ Guest J T/ Guest J/Guest T/ Guest W H/ Hackett W/ Hackett J/ Hackett J/ Haden R/ Hadley I/ Hadley T J/ Hale A/ Hale F/ Hall A/ Hampton J H/Hancox W H/ Hand E P/ Hand J B/Hand E P/ Harcourt J/ Harcourt J/ Harmon R R/ Harper A DCM/ Harper T/ Harper E/ Harrison A V/ Hartland H C/ Hartland J E/ Hartland W/ Hartlebury F/ Harvey F S/ Hawthorn E/ Hay W/ Haywood A/ Haywood S/ Haywood J T/ Haywood T I/ Haywood S/ Head J E/Heath E/ Heath W/Heath D/ Heath W/ Heath J T/ Heath A/Heathcock S/ Hemmings W E/ Henley J/ Henn W B/ Hicklin W/ Hickman J/Hickman J T/ Hicks W/ Higgins G/ Highfield J/ Hill B RNVR/ Hill W/ Hill W/ Hill W/ Hill W T/Hinchmore J/ Hinds J/ Hingley A/ Hinton H/ Hinton T DCM/ Hiscox F/ Hiscox W/ Hobbs F/ Hobbs H/ Hodgkinson H/ Holder W J/ Hollies O/ Hollinshead E/ Homer J T/ Homer B/ Horrobin B/ Houghton F K/ Howells F D/ Hubble W/ Hughes J/ Hughes H/ Hughes D R C/ Hughes J/ Hughes E/ Hughes E T/ Hughes E/ Hughes J/Hughes E/ Hughes S/ Humpage A/ Humpage R A/ Jackson T/ Jeavons G/ Jeavons A J/ Jeavons A/ Jeavons H/ Jeavons R/ Jeffries J S/Jenkinson T/ Jewkes W/ Jewkes G/ Jewkes J/ Johnson W/ Johnson J P/ Jones G/ Jones J/ Jones H L/ Jones J/ Jones H F/ Jones J S/Jones D/ Jordan L/ Jordan W H/ Jukes B/ Keeley J M/ Keeling S H/ Keeling S J/ Kennymore W/ King T F/ Kirton J/ Kirton A/ Knealde F/Knott J H/ Lankesheer C/ Lawrence A D/ Leach I O/ Lee W T/ Le C E/ Lee D/ Lee J T/ Leggett E/ Lilley G H/ Lilley G H/ Linsley D/Lissimore T J /Lloyd E S MC/ Lloyd T/ Lloyd S E/ Lovell D J/ Lowe S MM? Maddocks S/ Male A/ Mallen W C/ Mallin F L/ Malugani E/ Mander W/ Mansell W/ Mansell J/ Mansell J/ Marsh G/ Marsh A/ Marsh G/ Marsh B/ Martin J/ Mason C/Mason B/ Mayer W H/ McNaney J/ Meese H F/ Meese W H/ Merrick T/ Millard S/ Mills H/ Millward S/ Millward T/ Millward D/ Millward J/Mole E/ Moore J T/ Morgan J/ Morris S/ Morris J/ Moss J/ Mould J/ Murray C/ Nash J/Naylor E/ Naylor C/ Naylor J W/ New B/ New H/ Newbury H W/Newey J E/ Newey W C/ Newman R/ Newton G/ Nicholls J H/ Nicholls B/Nicholls C H/ Nicholls R E/ Nichols C/ Nicklin G/ Nicklin E/ Nicklin T/Nicklin T/ Nicklin J/ Norton J/ Oakley J/ Oakley I/ Oakley W H/Owen C/ Parker J H/ Parker H P/ Parkes E/ Parry S/ Parsons H N/Parsons E A/ Parsons A/ Payne F A/ Paynter J/ Payton J/ Pearson I/Pearson J H/ Percy H S/ Perkins A/ Perks J/ Perks A/ Perry F J/Peters J/ Philpott C E D/ Philpott A F/ Philpott E/ Pickett G/ Piggott G/ Plant J T/ Plant J/ Polden G/ Poole S/ Potter S H/ Poulton S/ Powell E A/ Powers A/ Price H H/ Price F L/ Price D/ Price B/Price J/ Price J/ Price T/ Price W/ Price J/ Price J T DCM/ Priest E/ Probert T/ Probert J F H/ Purnell C L/ Quinn J P/ Radney W/ Raybould T/ Raybould H/ Read J/ Reading J/ Reece W/ Reid W/Reynolds S/ Reynolds H/ Reynolds F/ Rhodes R/ Richards J E/ Richards S/Ricketts J/ Riley J/ Roach J/ Robbins C/ Roberts D/ Roberts H R/Roberts W H/ Roberts J/ Roberts E/ Robinson W/ Robinson S A/ Robinson S/Robinson T J/ Rolinson J/ Rollason A G/ Rose G/ Round B/ Round J/ Round E/ Rudd W/ Rushton J V/ Rushton H/ Russon S/ Ryder R/Schwalbe M/ Scott W/ Sefton B/ Shakespeare J/ Shakespeare T/ Shakespeare J/Shannon B/ Shaw G/ Shaw G A/ Shaw G D/ Sheppard G/ Sheppard W F/Sheratt T A/ Sherratt T/ Shivlock H J/ Short J W D/ Shorter R F/ Shorter S F/Shorthouse F A/ Sibley A/ Sibley W/ Sidaway S/ Silvers H W/ Silvers J T/Skeldon E/ Skidmore J/ Skidmore E W H/ Skippon J U/Slater A T/ Slimm T/Smart C E/ Smart F H/ Smith J/ Smith J/ Smith A/ Smith J W/Smith G/ Smith H/ Smith G/ Smith A/ Smith W F/ Smith J/Smith W T/ Sorrell J/ Sorrell J/ Sorrell C H/ Stanley J/Steadman J/Stephens H/ Stephenson W/ Stevens J/ Street C/ Sullivan E/ Sutton G/Swift J/ Talbot T E/ Tarpley T H/Taylor H/ Taylor G H/ Taylor J/ Taylor A E/ Taylor C C/ Taylor J/Taylor H/ Tennant W/ Thomas W/ Thombs C/ Thompson F/ Thornton W J/Tilley J T/ Tilley J H/ Timmins B/ Tonks J/ Toole J O/ Tranter E/ Tresise R G/ Tromans J/ Tromans B/ Tucker G W/ Turner E/Turner J/ Turner H/ Turner F/ Turner A/Twyford C/ Tyler J J/ Underhill J/ Unitt B/ Vanes J/ Vanes J P/ Vanes W C/Vickers J/Wagstaff F/ Wagstaff S A/Wakelam J/ Wakelam W/Wakelin H A/ Walker E/ Walker F/Wall C/ Ward E/ Ward J/ Ward S J/ Ward W/ Wasssell W H/ Wastall F/ Waterfield J H/ Watton T/ Weaver B/ Weaver R/ Weaver H/Weaver J/ Welch J/ Welch J/ Welch J/ Welch T/ Welch W/ Welch W/Westley R L/Westwood D/Westwood E/Westwood J/ Westwood J H/Westwood W A/Westwood H/Wheeler J R/White J T/Whitehouse A/Whitehouse R/Whitfield W/Whitmore G/Whittaker A/Whittaker C S/Whorton W H/Whorton E/Whyle J/Wilde W/Wilkes B/Wilkes D/Wilkes C H/Wilkinson A/Wilkinson J/Wilkinson W E/Wilkinson W H/Wilkinson S/Willetts L/Willetts W/Willetts W/Williams A J/Williams W/Wilton A MM/Winchurch S/Winchurch S/Windsor H/Withey T/Witton J/Wood G W DSO/Wood J T/Woodall C/Woodall S/Woodall S/Woodall S/Woo0dhouse A E/Woolams T/Woolley E T/Wright B/Wright D/ Wright T H/Wright W A/Wright J/Yapp J J/Yardley E F/Yarnall E

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