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Title
First World War Memorial
Medium
stone & limestone
Measurements
Plinth: H 450 x W 69 x D 69 cm
Accession number
DY9_RA_S116
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Custodian
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
23rd October 1926
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the front of the pedestal: 1914–1918 / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY / LEFT ALL / THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, / ENDURED HARDSHIPS, / FACED DANGERS, AND / FINALLY GAVE THEIR LIVES / THAT OTHERS / MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. / LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER, / SEE TO IT, THAT THEIR NAMES / SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. /1939–1945
