DARLASTON TOWN HALL,
VICTORIA ROAD,
DARLASTON,
WALSALL,
WEST MIDLANDS,
WS10 8AA.
ENGLAND.
ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID REFERENCE:SP9781296751.
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Entrance to the Town Hall. The memorial is mounted on the right hand wall immediately you have stepped through the red doors.
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The memorial shield.
The town of Darlaston was historically part of South Staffordshire before the reshuffle of boundaries in the 1970s redesignated it to be within the West Midlands.
It was an industrial area which forms part of the English midlands known as the Black Country, though most of the heavy engineering has long since disappeared.
The memorial shield is to be found just inside the entrance doors of the Town Hall and appears to be of brass construction with inscription in black lettering with red highlights.
The inscription thus:
"SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
1899 TO 1902
ON THIS TABLET ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF OFFICER,
NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER AND MEN OF THE DARLASTON
COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED WITH THE 1ST
BATTALION SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT DURING THE
SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN:-
MAJOR VINCENT J. MAGRANE.
COLOUR SERGEANT JESSE MARTIN.
SERGEANT ARTHUR D. ROBINSON.
SERGEANT GEORGE ASHMORE.
SERGEANT HENRY SELF.
CORPORAL DAVID HARTSHORNE.
CORPORAL PERCY TYLER.
CORPORAL RICHARD WATSON.
LANCE CORPORAL JOSEPH JONES.
LANCE CORPORAL THOMAS SMITH.
PRIVATE WILLIAM CARROLL.
PRIVATE HENRY CARTWRIGHT.
PRIVATE LAWRENCE CHORLEY.
PRIVATE SAMUEL COSTIN.
PRIVATE SAMUEL PARTRIDGE.
PRIVATE JOHN TYLER.
PRIVATE RICHARD WADE."
A total of 17 men served and returned.
Access to the Town Hall is possible during business hours. It also doubles up as a cafe!
VICTORIA ROAD,
DARLASTON,
WALSALL,
WEST MIDLANDS,
WS10 8AA.
ENGLAND.
ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID REFERENCE:SP9781296751.
Entrance to the Town Hall. The memorial is mounted on the right hand wall immediately you have stepped through the red doors.
The memorial shield.
The town of Darlaston was historically part of South Staffordshire before the reshuffle of boundaries in the 1970s redesignated it to be within the West Midlands.
It was an industrial area which forms part of the English midlands known as the Black Country, though most of the heavy engineering has long since disappeared.
The memorial shield is to be found just inside the entrance doors of the Town Hall and appears to be of brass construction with inscription in black lettering with red highlights.
The inscription thus:
"SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
1899 TO 1902
ON THIS TABLET ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF OFFICER,
NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER AND MEN OF THE DARLASTON
COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED WITH THE 1ST
BATTALION SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT DURING THE
SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN:-
MAJOR VINCENT J. MAGRANE.
COLOUR SERGEANT JESSE MARTIN.
SERGEANT ARTHUR D. ROBINSON.
SERGEANT GEORGE ASHMORE.
SERGEANT HENRY SELF.
CORPORAL DAVID HARTSHORNE.
CORPORAL PERCY TYLER.
CORPORAL RICHARD WATSON.
LANCE CORPORAL JOSEPH JONES.
LANCE CORPORAL THOMAS SMITH.
PRIVATE WILLIAM CARROLL.
PRIVATE HENRY CARTWRIGHT.
PRIVATE LAWRENCE CHORLEY.
PRIVATE SAMUEL COSTIN.
PRIVATE SAMUEL PARTRIDGE.
PRIVATE JOHN TYLER.
PRIVATE RICHARD WADE."
A total of 17 men served and returned.
Access to the Town Hall is possible during business hours. It also doubles up as a cafe!