8th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Reference WMO/137506

Address:

St. Peter & St. Paul Parish Church

Witton Lane

Aston

Birmingham

B6 6QA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Stone cenotaph which commemorates the men who served with 8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (the local TA unit) in the First World War. Inscription added after Second World War to commemorate 8th Bn's service in that subsequent conflict. No individual names - inscription records main actions of the unit.
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(Front) Italy / France / Belgium (around White Hart medallion)To the glorious memory / of the / Officers Warrant Officers / N-COs / and Men of the / 8th Btn / The Royal Warks / Regt / who laid down their lives in / The Great War / 1914-1919 / and / The World War / 1939-45

(East side): II / VIII / Laventie 1916 / Somme 1916 / St Quentin 1917 / Ypres III 1917 / St Quentin 1918 / Cambrai 1918 / Lys 1918 (West side): I / VIII / Messines 1915 / Somme 1916 / Peronne 1917 / Ypres III 1917 / Asiago 1918 / Landrecis 1918 (Back): VIII / Defence of the / Escaut / Ypres - Comines / Canal / 1940

Grade II (England)

1434285

Aston Hall & Church Conservation Area

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