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Title
Memorial to John Henry Carless (1896–1917), VC
Date
1918–1919
Medium
bronze & Portland stone
Measurements
H 70 x W 70 x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 244 x W 100 x D 100 cm
Accession number
WS1_RA_S094
Acquisition method
commissioned by the British War Memorial Committee
Work type
Monument
Owner
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Custodian
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
21st February 1920
Listing date
06/01/15
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on the right lower side of the bust: R. J. EMERSON SCULPTOR 1918
Inscription description
inscribed at the top of the pedestal: VALOUR; at the foot of the pedestal: ERECTED BY THE / INHABITANTS OF / WALSALL – 1919; on the bronze plaque: JOHN HENRY / CARLESS, VC / BORN AT WALSALL 11TH NOVEMBER 1896, / KILLED IN ACTION. HELIGOLAND / BIGHT 17TH NOVEMBER 1917. / AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS / 'FOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY / AND DEVOTION TO DUTY. ALTHOUGH / MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE ABDOMEN, / HE STILL WENT ON SERVING THE GUN / AT WHICH HE WAS ACTING AS RAMMER, / LIFTING A PROJECTILE AND HELPING / TO CLEAR AWAY THE OTHER CASUALTIES. / HE COLLAPSED ONCE, BUT GOT UP, / TRIED AGAIN, AND CHEERED ON THE NEW / GUN'S CREW. HE THEN FELL AND DIED. / HE NOT ONLY SET A VERY INSPIRING / AND MEMORABLE EXAMPLE BUT HE / ALSO, WHILST MORTALLY WOUNDED, / CONTINUED TO DO EFFECTIVE WORK / AGAINST THE KING'S ENEMIES'; around the subject's cap: HMS CALEDON
Lichfield Street, Walsall
WS1 1SE
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