Memorial

Royal Army Medical Corps

328 Royal Army Medical Corps 1

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Memorial is no. 328 in Green Zone, behind Polish Forces War Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

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SK 18649 14073

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Avenue / Tree or grove
WMR Reference Number: 51088
Description: Grove of trees with several memorial stones. At the entrance to the grove is a stone column with a dedicatory tablet incorporating an engraving of the regimental insignia inset into the front face. Within the grove there is an irregular shaped stone of remembrance set on a square base with a metal casting of the regimental insignia affixed to the stone together with a small metal dedicatory plaque. The third principal memorial is a large sculpture depicting an RAMC member carrying a wounded soldier on his back. The sculpture is set on a large tapering granite plinth above a paved base. The sculpture has two panels inset with details of the commission and the sculptor. A further tablet is inset within the paved base with details of the unveiling ceremony. Within the grove are individual commemorative plaques, benches and trees.
Inscription: Memorial 1: (Insignia) ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS/ MEMORIAL GROVE Memorial 2: ROYAL ARMY/ MEDICAL CORPS MEMORIAL/ UNVEILED BY/ BRIGADIER M.J. RATCLIFFE OSTJ/ ON 21 SEP 07 Memorial 3: THIS STATUE WAS COMMISSIONED IN 2013/ BY/ THE COUNCIL OF COLONELS COMMANDANT/ BRIG A MACMILLAN/ COL P HUBBARD/ COL S MELLOR/ PROJECT MANAGERS/ MAJ M ELLIS/ WO1 (CSRM) A GAME RAMC/ SCULPTED BY/ ALAN BEATTIE HERRIOTT/ DA. MRBS/ UNVEILED BY/ HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS/ THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER KG GCVO/ COLONEL IN CHIEF/ 13TH MAY 2015

Commemoration

War: Regimental Memorials

History

Maker(s): Alan Beattie Herriott DA MRBS, Sculptor

Ceremonies

Unveiled

21 September 2007

Brigadier M.J. Ratcliffe OStJ

Unveiled

13 May 2015

The Duke of Gloucester, KG GCVO, Commander In Chief

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Royal Army Medical Corps

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components