War Memorial, Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire

War memorial with the inscription: `Here in the centre of England where Telford's coaching road from London to Holyhead is crossed by the Roman Fosse Way on the 12th of March 1915 His Majesty King George V reviewed his troops of the immortal XXIX Division shortly before they embarked for active service in Gallipoli. In memory of their stay in Warwickshire 1914-15 and their incomparable services since, the avenue on this road was replanted and this monument built by inhabitants of the county'.

Location

Warwickshire Stretton on Dunsmore

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Tags

memorial remembrance world war one wwi world war one (1914 - 1919) ww1 first commemorate