Memorial

Acocks Green WW1 And WW2

Tablet on wall

Source: Copyright Dr Irvine Stuart

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Current Location

The memorial is located outside Acocks Green Library., Shirley Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 7XH, England

SP 12079 83091

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Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 19520
Description: A Garden of Remembrance with two tablets. The tablet on the wall has the British Legion motif at top centre. WW1 and WW2 tablets with names as well as Wellesbourne School - there are three other tablets associated with Old Boys but not pictured here.
Inscription: Tablet on wall: WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE/ CREATED BY THE ACOCKS GREEN BRANCH/ IN MEMORY OF FALLEN COMRADES/ UNVEILED BY MR O F GLOSTER (BRANCH PRESIDENT)/ ON SUNDAY 8TH AUGUST 1965/ DEDICATED BY THE REV C H I BALL ST. MARY'S THE VIRGIN CHURCH/ FUNDS RAISED BY BRANCH AND WOMENS SECTION/ TOGETHER WITH DONATIONS FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS/ AND TRADESPEOPLE Tablet in Garden of Remembrance: 1914 1939 1918 1945 LEST WE FORGET WW1 board in church AM DG "RIDE ON BECAUSE OF TRUTH, MEEKNESS, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS / AND THY RIGHT HAND SHALL TEACH THEE TERRIBLE THINGS". IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE WAR, 1914 - 1919. GOD IS NOT THE GOD OF THE DEAD BUT OF THE LIVING FOR ALL LIVE UNTO HIM. AND OF 1939 1945 (names) ALSO THE FOLLOWING OLD BOYS OF WELLESBOURNE SCHOOL (names)

Unveiled

08th August 1965

O F GLOSTER