Borough War Memorial Soldier - Stafford, UK
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dtrebilc
N 52° 48.337 W 002° 07.177
30U E 559347 N 5851009
This war memorial was erected to commemorate the men of Stafford who fell in the Great War.
Waymark Code: WMZ4GK
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/08/2018
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Figure by Joseph Whitehead Portland stone ashlar and bronze. Tall square memorial supporting bronze figure. Plinth has inscription to west face; body has angle nook shafts and inscribed names to all faces; stepped top has further inscription and bronze wreaths. Very good, well detailed figure of soldier in field uniform standing on heaped debris, rifle in left hand, who is waving helmet and cheering.
The Borough War Memorial was unveiled in 1922 in memory of the Stafford men who lost their lives in the First World War. The statue of a soldier originally faced the railway station, from which many of the soldiers had departed to fight. After the building of the new Crown Courts the soldier was turned 180 degrees to face St. Mary's Church.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Joseph Whitehead
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1922
Materials used: Bronze figure on Portland Stone
Location: Crown Court Square
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