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Title
Rotherwas Women
Date
2005
Medium
sandblasted granite
Accession number
HR2_MRF_S001
Acquisition method
commissioned by Herefordshire County Council
Work type
Monument
Owner
Herefordshire County Council
Custodian
Herefordshire County Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on the front face: ROTHERWAS WOMEN / MUNITIONS WORKERS DURING WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II; inscribed in the left flank near the foot: NORA FOSTER (NEE DAVIES) / RADIO BROADCASTER AT / ROTHERWAS ORDNANCE FACTORY / DIED 7th FEBRUARY 2006 / PATTERN BASED UPON CARVINGS / IN KILPECK CHURCH; inscribed on the back: DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS AROUND SIX THOUSAND WOMEN AND FOUR THOUSAND MEN WORKED at THE ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY IN ROTHERWAS. / ROTHERWAS WOMEN BY BRUCE WILLIAMS, IS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WOMEN, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED / IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS IN ROTHERWAS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND THOSE WHO WILL CARVE OUT THEIR FUTURES HERE. / THESE ARE THE NAMES OF JUST SOME OF THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO WORKED HERE. / THANKS TO JOAN HILES, A WORKER ON THE / ROTHERWAS ESTATE FROM 1947, FOR HER HELP / TOWARDS ROTHERWAS WOMEN. / THANKS ALSO TO KEN HURSEY WHO LOST HIS FAMILY / WHEN HIS HOUSE ON ROTHERWAS ESTATE WAS / BOMBED DURING WORLD WAR II