Memorial

Light Infantry

332 Light Infantry 1

Source: Copyright Colin Sweett

1/2

Current Location

Memorial is no 332 in Green Zone, off The Mall, National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

SK 18587 14275

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

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

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 74103
Description: An upright slab of Portland Stone bearing a silver-gilded cast figure of the regimental bugle above an engraved inscription. The stone is flanked by two Portland Stone chairs: carved into the backs of the chairs are the eight badges of those regiments which have served as Light Infantry since 1946. The regiments represented are: Somerset, Somerset & Cornwall, Duke of Cornwall's, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire/Green Jackets, King's Own Yorkshire, King's Shropshire, Durham and Herefordshire. The memorial is placed in a clearing of grass at the head of an oval paved walkway which leads off The Mall.
Inscription: IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE WHO SERVED IN/ THE LIGHT INFANTRY

Stone of remembrance

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good

Sculpture

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Seat

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good

Paving

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good