Verdun Oak

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Reference WMO/249764

Address:

Garden of Remembrance

Bird Street

Lichfield

WS13 6QT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Tree/s
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Tree(s)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The Verdun Trees are oak and horse chestnut trees planted in the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the First World War. Acorns and chestnuts were collected from trees on the battlefield at Verdun and sent to the UK to be planted as war memorials. A number of these trees are recorded on WMO, but more information is required to determine if these are war memorials; they have been left on the website as a point of interest but may be borderline cases.
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THIS OAK TREE WAS DONATED BY/ MR M. KNIGHTS. IT WAS GROWN/ FROM THE ORIGINAL TREE/ WHICH STOOD ON THIS SITE/ AND WHICH WAS GROWN/ FROM AN ACORN BROUGHT FROM/ VERDUN IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR/ 1914-1918

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