16 bronze plaques with the names of over 1,000 casualties from the First and Second World War, including 139 civilians were stolen from the memorial temple in Broomfield Park Garden of Remembrance, Palmers Green last weekend. The plaques, commemorating the wartime losses to the Enfield community, were most probably taken solely for the scrap value of the bronze. This is the second theft to have [...]
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Name Plaques Stolen from Broomfield Garden of Remembrance
Posted in Damage and theft, Events, In the news, Uncategorized, tagged Lost, Theft on 19 August, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Grants now available for repair of war memorials in Scotland
Posted in Damage and theft, New or restored, tagged Damage, Guidance for custodians, Lost, Restoration, Scotland, Theft on 14 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new grants scheme is being launched today by Historic Scotland and War Memorials Trust. Funding will be available to ensure that freestanding memorials across Scotland are preserved in recognition of the contribution service men and women have made for their country.
Historic Scotland will provide £30,000 annually to War Memorials Trust who will provide additional funds [...]
Stocksfield memorial plaque stolen
Posted in Damage and theft, tagged Theft on 19 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A bronze plaque has been stolen from the war memorial in Stocksfield, Northumberland. The plaque bore the names of 40 local men who had died during the First World War. The memorial itself, a granite cross on a plinth, was also badly damaged during the theft.
Read more from the Hexham Courant
Memorial stolen from Isle of Man cemetery
Posted in Damage and theft, In the news, tagged Theft on 14 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A First World War memorial has been stolen from a cemetery in Peel, on the Isle of Man.
Read more from BBC News
This memorial was last seen in December 2006, which illustrates how important it can be for the protection of war memorials to carry out regular condition surveys, especially for those in out of the way locations. If a [...]
Memorial stolen from Rugby School
Posted in Damage and theft, tagged Theft on 28 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some time between 11th and 26th November 2007 a bronze figure of a serviceman depicting a second lieutenant from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment was stolen from Rugby School Memorial Chapel. Police are appealing for any information about the theft.
Read more from Times Online
Otley Mills memorial hit by thieves for third time
Posted in Damage and theft, tagged Theft on 13 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A memorial in Otley, West Yorkshire, commemorating men from the local mill who both fought and died in the First World War has been struck again by thieves.
Last year, the bronze statue of a serviceman that stood on top of the memorial was stolen for the second time. It has not been recovered. Then in [...]
Memorial plaque stolen from Beighton
Posted in Damage and theft, tagged Theft on 9 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A bronze memorial plaque listing the names of 14 men who died in the Second World War has been stolen from a church in Beighton, Sheffield.
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Anyone with information about the theft is urged to contact the police.
Increasing thefts of metal for scrap
Posted in Damage and theft, In the news, tagged Theft on 21 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Highlighting the increasinging problem of the theft of metal objects, in the last couple of months thieves have struck crematoriums in Oxford, and Kent three times, stealing 970 personal bronze memorial plaques plus £50,000 of lead and copper from a church roof in Garsington.
While these aren’t war memorials, the losses illustrate how vulnerable and attractive to thieves many war [...]
Plaque stolen from memorial in Sheffield
Posted in Damage and theft, In the news, tagged Theft on 19 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A bronze plaque has been stolen from St Mary’s Church in the Beighton area of Sheffield. Police are appealing for any information.
Read more from South Yorkshire police
Restoration appeal for Hastings War Memorial
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, New or restored, tagged Boer War, Restoration, Theft, WW1 on 30 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A campaign has been launched to raise £60,000 to help restore the memorial in Alexandra Park, Hastings (East Sussex).
Read more from BBC NEWS
The Hastings memorial was unveiled in 1922 and commemorates those from the local borough who lost their lives in several wars.
It is not unusual to find later conflicts added to First World War memorials (in this case [...]
