- Type of Memorial
- Arch
- WMR Reference Number
- 13561
- Description
- Broad elliptical arch of Hollington Stone, which spans the main entrance to the station platforms from the Booking Hall.
The pediment of the arch, which bears the incised dedicatory inscription, is supported by double pillars. At the base of each pillar is a large cast-bronze plaque within a red frame, bearing the names of the fallen in raised lettering, arranged in five columns. Fixed beneath each of those plaques is a smaller supplementary plaque; one bearing the names of 6 additional casualties; the other bearing details of the commissioning of it in 2016. The base of each pillar has a surround of period iron railings, painted red.
- Inscription
- (Arch pediment): 1914 / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1918
[Left-hand plaque, upper]: ROYAL NAVY/ (3 Names)/ ROYAL HORSE ARTLY/ (1 name)/ ROYAL FIELD ARTLY/ (7 names)/ ARTILLERY/ (4 names)/ ROYAL ENGINEERS/ (17 names)/ GRENADIER GUARDS/ (6 names)/ COLDSTREAM GUARDS/ (1 name)/ WELCH GUARDS/ (1 name)/ ROYAL SCOTS/ (1 name)/ THE BUFFS/ (1 name)/ NORTHUMBERLAND/ FUSILIERS/ (3 names)/ ROYAL/ WARWICKSHIRE RGT./ (2 names)/ ROYAL FUSILIERS/ (13 names)/ KING'S LIVERPOOL RGT./ (2 names)/ LINCOLNSHIRE REGT./ (3 names)/ DEVONSHIRE REGT./ (1 name)/ WEST YORKSHIRE RGT./ (2 names)/ LEICESTERSHIRE RGT./ (2 names)/ LANCASHIRE FUSRS./ (1 name)
[Left-hand plaque, lower]: Research by the North Staffordshire Railway Study Group identified six men/ whose names had been omitted from the memorial./ In 2016 the Group commissioned the additional plaque on the opposite pillar to honour them./
[Right-hand plaque, upper]: CHESHIRE REGT./ (7 names)/ R. WELCH FUSILIERS/ (1 name)/ SOUTH WALES/ BORDERERS/ (1 name)/ THE CAMERONIANS/ (1 name)/ WORCESTERSHIRE/ REGT./ (1 name)/ E. LANCASHIRE RGT./ (2 names)/ EAST SURREY REGT./ 2 names)/ STAFFORDSHIRE REGT./ (3 names)/ DORSETSHIRE REGT./ (1 name)/ SHERWOOD FORESTERS/ (4 names)/ LOYAL N. LANCS. RGT./ (2 names)/ NORTHAMPTONSHIRE/ REGT./ ( 1 name)/ KING'S SHROPSHIRE L.I./ (2 names)/ MIDDLESEX REGT./ (1 name)/ KING'S R. RIFLE CPS./ (3 names)/ STAFFORDSHIRE REGT./ (35 names)/ DURHAM LT. INFANTRY/ (1 name)/ ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS/ (1 name)/ RIFLE BRIGADE/ (1 name)/ MACHINE GUN CORPS/ (3 names)/ ROYAL ARMY SERVICE/ CORPS/ ( 1 name)/ R. ARMY MEDICAL CPS./ (1 name)/ LEICESTERSHIRE YMRY./ (1 name)
[Right-hand plaque, lower]: ROYAL FIELD/ ARTILLERY/ (1 name)/ GRENADIER GDS/ (1 name)ROYAL ENGINEERS/ (2 names)/ BLACK WATCH/ (1 name)/ YORK AND/ LANCASTER REGT./ (1 name)
