Skip to main content

    War MemorialsRegister

    • Home
    • Search Memorials
    • Search Names
    • Help
    Imperial War Museums LogoImperial War Museums home
    • About
      • About us
      • Submit a photograph
      • Volunteering
    • Legal
      • Accessibility Statement
      • Cookies
      • Copyright
      • Privacy
      • Terms of use

    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Rugeley District

    cAlan Dean front dist

    Source: Copyright Alan Dean

    1/11

    Current Location

    In pedestrianised section of Anson Street outside the library - approximately 50m South East of its original position adjacent to the police station., War Memorial, Anson Street, Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, WS15 2BB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 04442 18180

    View location on Google Maps

    Names listed on this memorial

    Contribute to the War Memorials Register

    Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

    Contribute now

    This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

    © WMR-26105

    To share information or photographs, contact us.

    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    26105
    Description
    Three-stepped base surmounted by a square plinth and obelisk. Stone tablets of with dedicatory inscription and names of the dead fixed to the sides of the plinth. WW2 names are on separate tablets below those for WW1. Fluting is carved at the top of the plinth. Low iron railings are placed around the memorial.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock face: ERECTED IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS DISTRICT WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Other faces: (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    119
    Died
    119
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    38
    Died
    38
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS BRIDGEMAN & CO OF LICHFIELD, Manufacturer

    • MESSRS BRIDGEMAN & CO OF LICHFIELD, Builder

    Maintenance History
    1969 or 1972: Memorial was moved from its original location on Anson Street outside the Police Station to its current location due to town planning works. 200: Memorial will have to be dismantled amid fears it may collaspe

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    23 January 1921

    Earl of Dartmouth PC KCB

    Dedicated

    23 January 1921

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Rededicated

    07 July 1973

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Previous Location(s)

    • Brook Square, Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England

      OS Grid Reference

      SK 040 180

      Year of move

      2009

      Reason for move

      Memorial sited over a buried culvert which collapsed in March 2008. The local community requested that it be moved back to Anson St.

    • Outside the Police Station, Anson St, Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England

      OS Grid Reference

      SK 94 18

      Year of move

      1969 or 1972

      Reason for move

      Town planning works

    Custodian
    Rugeley Urban District Council (now Cannock District Council) Memorial was handed over to the care of Col. W. A. Wetherall, as a representive of Rugeley Urban District Council, by Mr G. Averill on behalf of the war memroial committee during the unveiling

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 4500mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • Staffordshire Sentinel 1920 - 1923 Exact dates unknown
    • Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 23 January 1921 Held in the County Archive
    • Times Gone By - Staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk - Wednesday December 5th 2018. Contact the museum and a PDF version can be sent if it cannot be found otherwise.