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The War Memorial for Willenhall (Walsall)
Photo : Berenice
Baynham (BereniceUK)
The War Memorial for Willenhall stands in a small fenced garden on the corner
of Stafford Street and Field Street in Willenhall.
The memorial is a stone obelisk. Flanking the obelisk are two plaques commemorating
those who lost their lives in the Second World War (48 men). At each side
of these are two larger plaques commemorating those who lost their lives in
the First World War (448).
There are also plaques commemorating the names of 17 civilians who lost their
lives in the Second World War, one man killed on active service in N.I., and
the local men who fell in the Boer Wars.
Two soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
Private Ernest Lewis. 29285.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Matilda Lewis of Willenhall
(Staffs). Died 29 December 1918. Aged 21.
Born Willenhall (Staffs).
Buried LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE.
Private Herbert Parker. 29560.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 29811 Notts & Derby Regt.
Killed 13 April 1918.
Born Willenhall (Staffs), Enlisted Willenhall.
Buried CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private
Parker's Name on the War Memorial for Willenhall
Photo : Berenice
Baynham (BereniceUK)
The
Willenhall War Memorial in the Memorial Garden
Photo © Copyright Tim
Marshall and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
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