Memorial

Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

330a Showmen's Guild of Great Britain 1

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Memorial is no 330a in Green Zone, close to the Shot at Dawn memorial shelter., National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

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SK 18634 14188

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 67645
Description: The principal memorial is a four-sided granite column with slightly tapering sides and pyramid-shaped top supported by a three-stepped base set in a mainly rectangular paved enclosure which holds additional memorials. The column is decorated with the emblem of the Guild and the column and stepped base are engraved in black lettering on each side with a Roll of Honour comprising the names and regiments of Guild members who died in each of the two World Wars. Two wooden benches, with small metal plaques for each of the Guild's regional sections affixed to the bench-backs, flank the memorial. The side panels of the benches have the letters SGGB cut out. There is a carousel horse and pole on a stone base at the back of the enclosure. The entrance to the memorial enclosure, which is marked by gold-painted carousel poles at intervals, has a polished stone tapering plinth with an information plaque affixed to the front.
Inscription: Column & Base: (Emblem on each face)/ 6 o'clock: ROLL OF/HONOUR/ A PROUD TRIBUTE/TO THOSE MEMBERS/OF THE SHOWMEN'S/GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN/WHO MADE THE/SUPREME SACRIFICE/FOR KING AND COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WARS/1914-1918/1939-1945/ WESTERN SECTION/ (Names...)/MIDLAND SECTION/(Names...)/ 3 o'clock: (Names...)/SCOTTISH SECTION/ (Names...)/NORTHERN SECTION/ (Names...)/ 12 o'clock: (Names...)/YORKSHIRE SECTION (Names...)/NORTHERN SECTION (Names...)/ LONDON SECTION (Names...)/ DERBY & NOTTS/ MID AND SOUTH LINCS SECTION/ (Names...)/ YORKSHIRE SECTION/ (Names...)/ LANCASHIRE SECTION (Names...) 9 o'clock: (Names...)/ EASTERN SECTION (Names.../) SOUTH W ALES SECTION/ (Names...)/ LONDON SECTION (Names...)/ Plinth: (Emblem)/ THE SHOWMEN'S GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED AND UNVEILED ON MONDAY 18TH AUGUST 2008/ BY THE GUILD'S PRESIDENT MR JIMMY WILLIAMS IN FOND REMEMBRANCE OF GUILD/ MEMBERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ Bench 1: (Emblem)/ Plaques: WESTERN SECTION/ MIDLAND SECTION/ EASTERN SECTION/ SOUTH WALES SECTION/ LONDON SECTION/ SOUTHERN SECTION/ NORTHERN SECTION/ DERBY & NOTTS/ MID AND SOUTH LINCS SECTION/ YORKSHIRE SECTION/ LANCASHIRE SECTION/ Bench 2: Unknown

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 73
Died: 73
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname
Additional Information: Based on a sample of CWGC records, the names on the faces of the column are assumed to be WW1 dead. The names are generally listed in alphabetical order but not entirely. Several names are listed under Guild sections.

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Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

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Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

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