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War Memorials

D-EXP/P/W27 Apr 1946 - Oct 1995 Wolverhampton Archives

These photographs have been catalogued and digitised thanks to the kind generosity and support of Kathy and Patricia Hughes.

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Cenotaph, St Peter’s Square, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W27/145 4 Nov 1986 Wolverhampton Archives

Vandals sprayed blue paint on the cenotaph less than a week before Remembrance Sunday. Councillor John Bird is quoted.

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Wombourn War Memorial

D-EXP/P/W27/138 28 Aug 1951 Wolverhampton Archives

Floodlit for the first time. The names that can be seen on the photograph include S. J. Sankey, A. J. B. Shaw-Hellier, W. J. Jones, T. Blewitt, W. E. Piper, J. W. Vincent, LJ. Boddison, A. Saunders, J. Rogers, W. Bennett, J. Blewitt, H. C. Bowen, J. Chick

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Wombourn War Memorial

D-EXP/P/W27/139 13 May 1958 Wolverhampton Archives

Visit from delegates from Thury Harcourt in France. The photograph shows M. Robert Gautier laying a wreath in memory of the men of the South Staffordshire Regiment who fell in Normandy in the Second World War. The names that can be seen on the photograph

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Wombourn War Memorial

D-EXP/P/W27/140 2 Nov 1966 Wolverhampton Archives

War memorial in the churchyard. The names that can be seen on the photograph include S. J. Sankey, A. J. B. Shaw-Hellier, W. J. Jones, T. Blewitt, W. E. Piper, J. W. Vincent, LJ. Boddison, A. Saunders, J. Rogers, W. Bennett, J. Blewitt, H. C. Bowen, J. Ch

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Moxley War Memorial, Moxley Road, Junction with High Street, Moxley, Walsall

D-EXP/P/W27/130 9 Dec 1989 Wolverhampton Archives

Walsall South MP Bruce George and Walsall’s Mayor and Mayoress, Councillors Ray and Doreen Farrell, led protesters who were battling to save Moxley War Memorial. The Black Country spine road, the Black Country Development Corporation and Walsall Council a

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Katyn War Memorial, Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase

D-EXP/P/W27/104 12 May 1991 Wolverhampton Archives

Janusz Wach attended the annual ceremony on behalf of new President Lech Walesa. The Polish Consulate in London, the Polish Combatants Association of Great Britain and the South Staffs Royal British Legion are mentioned, and the photograph shows from left

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Quarry Memorial, Quarry Park, St Chad’s Terrace, Shrewsbury

D-EXP/P/W27/119 18 Jun 1962 Wolverhampton Archives

Captain Geoffrey Bright stood in silent tribute to comrades that fell in the Battle of Bligny (June 6 1918) during the annual commemorative service. As a Lieutenant, he had led 200 soldiers of the 1st-4th Battalion of the KSLI in a counter attack at Mont

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Cannock Chase War Memorial, Market Place, Cannock

D-EXP/P/W27/13 19 Sep 1988 Wolverhampton Archives

Ceremony organised by Cannock’s Royal Air Force (RAF) Association Branch to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of the RAF. The photograph depicts the memorial, standard bearers, veterans and the public standing to attention. The names that are visible on