Memorial

Quarry Bank - Composite

Memorial Wall

Source: Copyright John Hale

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STEVENS PARK, Park Rd, Quarry Bank, Dudley, West Midlands, England

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SO 927 856

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 17437
Description: IN THE CENTRE OF THE AREA SET ASIDE FOR THE MEMORIAL IS A THREE-STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY A TAPERING PEDESTAL AND A FIGURE OF CHRIST WITH OUT STRETCHED ARMS. DIRECTLY BEHIND IT IS A STEPPED WALL WITH INSCRIPTION AND NAMES ON IT AND TO THE RIGHT OF THIS WALL IS A SMALLER ONE FOR WW2. ALL NAMES ON CAST IRON PLAQUES. ADDITIONAL STONES OF REMEMBRANCE PLACED ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND SIDES OF THE LOW BOUNDARY WALL WHICH ENCLOSES THE AREA WITH INSCRIPTION ON THEM. WREATH IN RELIEF IN THE UPPER CENTRE OF THE WALL, CROSS IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE SIDES OF THE PEDESTAL
Inscription: WW1 WALL, CENTRE: 1914 1918 / THEIR NAME / LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF QUARRY BANK WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL RECOGNITION BY THE RESIDENTS OF QUARRY BANK / (Names) WW1 WALL, LEFT SIDE: HE HATH MADE OF / ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS WW1 WALL, RIGHT SIDE: I SAW A HEAVEN / AND A NEW EARTH WALL, NORTH SIDE: NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE WALL, RIGHT SIDE: THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOUGSHARES AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNING HOOKS WALL, RIGHT SIDE, ADDITIONAL PLAQUE: IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN IN RECENT CONFLICTS/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (Name) WW2 WALL: TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF QUARRY BANK / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945 / (Names) PEDESTAL: MY PEACE / I GIVE / UNTO YOU

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 148
Died: 148
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname,forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 50
Died: 50
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname,forename

War: Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,forename

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Quarry Bank - Composite

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