Memorial

Pooley Hall Colliery WW1

PooleyHall Colliery WW1 - Pillar general view (1)

Source: Copyright Stuart Athersmith

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Current Location

Roadside,, Pooley Lane, off Tamworth Road, Polesworth, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, B78 1JA, England

SK 25759 03044

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 19078
Description: Five-stepped square base surmounted by a plinth & rough-hewn granite column with finial. Leaded inscription & names on tablets around sides of plinth. The whole memorial stands on a shallow raised & shaped base surrounded by eight smaller pillars.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face : THIS PILLAR OF REMEMBRANCE / IS ERECTED BY THE WORKPEOPLE / AND OWNERS OF POOLEY HALL / COLLIERY TO THE UNDYING / MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS MINE / WHO ANSWERED THE NATION'S CALL / AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914-1919 Other faces : (NAMES) Other face : WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL? / WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?

Unveiled

25th September 1921

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Pillar

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1484232

Listed Nov 2022