Memorial

Tunstall - WW1

Source: Orphan Works 13570

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Current Location

Tunstall Memorial Garden, Park Terrace, Tunstall, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 6BP, England

OS Grid Reference

SJ 86167 51369

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 13570
Description: Simple obelisk of polished mottled Hollington stone, on three-stepped base with bronze cap. Wreath on front face. Note: just south of the obelisk is a memorial wall with plaques carrying the names of Tunstall men killed in the First and Second World Wars and in Northern Ireland - see record number 60058.
Inscription: TO/ THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF TUNSTALL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): Messrs. Wood and Goldstraw, Architects of Tunstall, Designer

Ceremonies

Unveiled

14th March 1928

Colonel Harry Clive, O.B.E., T.D., Commanding the 137th (Staffordshire) Infantry Brigade. A wreath laid by the 11 year old son of Lance-Sergeant John H. Rhones, V.C., D.C.M. of Pittshill.

Dedicated

14th March 1928

Rev. A. M. Coxon, M.A.

Conservation

Components

Obelisk

Made from: Stone - Hollington

Condition: Good

Further Information

The Tunstall War memorial http://www.tunstall-war-memorial.org.uk/index.php?page=the-memorial
Staffordshire Sentinel - Saturday 12 March 1927 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000347/19270312/033/0002 ... As most people are aware, a new Hospital for Burslem and Turista!l is to be built at High Lane, to replace the Burslem Haywood Hospital, for which better premises are needed, and as a War Memorial for Tunstall. ...