Memorial

Armed Forces Memorial

Mark Newton 19.09.2017

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 19.09.2017

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Current Location

National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

SK 1847814459

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Type of Memorial: Other memorial
WMR Reference Number: 46456
Description: The statues on either side of the central avenue were sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley and are entitled ‘The Stretcher Bearers’ (on the north side) and ‘The Gates’ (south side). They draw on classical heroic mythological and (in the case of ‘The Gates’) Christian imagery.
Inscription: The title above ’The Stretcher Bearers’ reads THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES KILLED ON DUTY SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ THEY DIED / SERVING / THEIR / COUNTRY / WE WILL / REMEMBER / THEM. ’The Gates’ includes the inscription WE REMEMBER THEM / TODAY, TOMORROW, FOREVER

Unveiled

12 October 2007

The Queen, Gordon Brown (the Prime Minister at the time) and Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Dedicated

12 October 2007

The Queen, Gordon Brown (the Prime Minister at the time) and Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.

www.thenma.org.uk/visit-us/what's-here/the-memorials/armed-forces-memorial - accessed 15 August 2024