Birmingham Hall of Memory

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Reference WMO/141747

Address:

Centenary Square

Broad Street

Birmingham

B1 2HF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Hall
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: An octagonal Hall of Classical design with a domed roof. On each of the four alternate sides are side chapels and a portico and against the remaining walls are granite pedestals on which are four allegorical figures representing the services. The figures represent: The Navy: Bare-chested sailor crouches and holds a coil of rope in one hand and the wheel of a ship in the other The Army: Bare-chested soldier crouches and rests a tin helmet on his left leg and rests his right hand on the barrel of a machine gun The Air Force: Bare-chested figure crouches and holds blade and aerlions of an aircraft in his left hand and another item in the other Women's Service: Woman crouches down whilst holding a wreath in her left hand with arm out stretched Inside the Hall are three relief panels. Each with an incised inscription at the base: Panel One: A wife says goodbye to her husband as he joins other civilians to march off to the war Panel Two: Soldiers fighting in the trenches, wounded comrades slump out of line Panel Three: The aftermath of war with wounded soldiers returning home Books of Remembrance recording the names of casualties are contained within a glass case with a dedicatory inscription on a marble tablet. Sculptor: Albert Toft
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INTERIOR RELIEFS: (PANEL ONE): OF THE 150,000 WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO ARMS / 12,320 FELL: 35,000 CAME HOME DISABLED (PANEL TWO): AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN / THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (PANEL THREE): SEE TO IT THAT THEY SHALL NOT HAVE / SUFFERED AND DIED IN VAIN (OUTSIDE, FOUNDATION PLAQUE): 1914 - 1918. / TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE / HEROIC DEAD / THIS STONE WAS LAID BY / H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES K.G. / JUNE 12TH 1923. INSCRIPTION UNDER ROLLS OF HONOUR: INSCRIBED ON THESE ROLLS OF HONOUR / ARE THE NAMES OF / THE CITIZENS OF BIRMINGHAM / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 - 1918 AND 1939 - 1945 INTERNAL PLAQUE: THIS BUILDING IS / ERECTED TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / & IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN & WOMEN / OF THIS CITY WHO / FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / OPENED BY HRH / PRINCE ARTHUR OF / CONNAUGHT KG / JUNE 12TH 1923

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