The
memorial is to be found in Priory Road, Dudley and is in the form of
a clock tower forming part of the civic complex, The Council House.
Above the window on the main facade is a partly gilded relief of St.
George and the dragon with four bronze lion heads supporting flagpoles
to each side of the main entrance and a balcony above the entrance carries
a specially composed inscription by Thomas Hardy. The names of fallen
are inscribed on walls of a vaulted chamber at the base of tower. A
stone vault springs from corbels in the four corners carved in the form
of rose, thistle, shamrock and daffodil. The memorial was created by
William Bloye RBSA and Harvey & Wicks. It was unveiled 20 October
19128 by the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, P.C., M.P. There are 719 names
listed split her einto alphabetical sections.
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CARVED ON THESE WALLS ARE THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF DUDLEY WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR.
ALSO:
IF YOU THINK, HAVE A KINDLY THOUGHT;
IF YOU SPEAK, SPEAK GENEROUSLY
OF THOSE WHO AS HEROES FOUGHT
AND DIED TO KEEP YOU FREE. (THOMAS HARDY)
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