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Bilston
Town or City: Bilston
County: West Midlands
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2693
Value of grant: £1410.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: WMT Grant Scheme
Year: 2018
UKNIWM reference number: 19671
Bilston first and Second World War memorial cross is located within the memorial garden, Bilston surrounded by iron railings. It consists of a Reginald Blomfield design white limestone Latin cross with a bronze sword on a stepped octagonal base.
In 2018 a grant of £1,410 was awarded through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme. This grant was to assist with a project to undertake stone repairs using a matched Portland limestone and repoint the memorial using lime mortar. Additional works to the bronze sword and memorial gardens were undertaken at the applicants own expense.
The memorial was unveiled in 1921. The Second World War names are incised on slate plaques which are mounted on a brick wall within the gardens.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2693
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 19671
War Memorials Online: 147402
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
