Dedication of Stafford War Memorial

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Date:1922

Description:The dedication and unveiling of the Stafford Borough War Memorial in Victoria Square 1922. The tower of St. Mary's Church is in the background.

The Borough War Memorial was unveiled in 1922 in memory of the Stafford men who lost their lives in the First World War. The statue of a soldier originally faced the railway station, from which many of the soldiers had departed to fight. After the building of the new Crown Courts the soldier was turned to face St. Mary's Church.

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Donor ref:19.2.20621 (201/31598)

Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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