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Villa Road, COVENTRY, CV6 3HZ

Now occupying the whole of this newly-built premises, Monarch Pharmacy originally occupied the right corner of the previous building before expanding. Other businesses in the building previously on this site included a veterinary practice (now a few doors further along Radford Road), a wool & crafts shop and a refrigerator/freezer retailer & repairer.

The memorial of local sandstone commemorates the men of Radford who fell in the Great War, 1914-18. The beautiful bronze panels bearing the men's names Image were removed for safe keeping following the theft of one.

The memorial commemorates those from Radford who fought in the First World War; it was given to the village in 1919 by Vernon Pugh. It was designed and constructed in pink-brown Runcorn stone by Mr T.R.J.Meakin, architect, of Coventry. The stonework was carried out by Messrs J.White & Sons, Yardley (east Birmingham); the bronze panels were executed by Messrs Baker & Sons, St Paul's Square, Birmingham. The names with crosses before them were the men who lost their lives. The shadow widens here because the panel is bowed. Two of the four bronze panels on the sides of the obelisk are missing: Image It was originally sited on the corner of Radford Common, at the junction with Engleton Road, seen in Image It was moved in the 1980s at the suggestion of the British Legion, who were concerned about the damage it was incurring, and the sometimes muddy nature of the site. Thirty years on, between St Nicholas Church and the Radford Road, the memorial is no less prone to damage.

The memorial commemorates those from Radford who fought in the First World War; it was given to the village in 1919 by Vernon Pugh. It was designed and constructed in pink-brown Runcorn stone by Mr T.R.J.Meakin, architect, of Coventry. The stonework was carried out by Messrs J.White & Sons, Yardley (east Birmingham); the bronze panels were executed by Messrs Baker & Sons, St Paul's Square, Birmingham. The shadow appears as it does because the panel is bowed. Notice how the names break when they meet the edge of the panel; notice, too, names that appear several times, perhaps men from the same family. A cross in front of a name indicates a death. Two of the four bronze panels on the sides of the obelisk are missing. It was originally sited on the corner of Radford Common, at the junction with Engleton Road, seen in Image It was moved in the 1980s at the suggestion of the British Legion, who were concerned about the damage it was incurring, and the sometimes muddy nature of the site. Thirty years on, between St Nicholas Church and the Radford Road, the memorial is no less prone to damage.

Two of the four bronze panels on the sides of the obelisk are missing. The memorial commemorates those from Radford who fought in the First World War and was given to the village in 1919 by Vernon Pugh. It was originally sited on the corner of Radford Common, at the junction with Engleton Road, seen in Image and in the distance, right http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/583290 . It was moved in the 1980s at the suggestion of the British Legion, who were concerned about the damage it was incurring, and the sometimes muddy nature of the site. Thirty years on, between St Nicholas Church and the Radford Road, the memorial is no less prone to damage.

Compare Image Two of the four bronze panels on the sides of the obelisk are missing. The memorial commemorates those from Radford who fought in the First World War and was given to the village in 1919 by Vernon Pugh. It was originally sited on the corner of Radford Common, at the junction with Engleton Road, seen in Image and in the distance, right http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/583290 . It was moved in the 1980s at the suggestion of the British Legion, who were concerned about the damage it was incurring, and the sometimes muddy nature of the site. Thirty years on, between St Nicholas Church and the Radford Road, the memorial is no less prone to damage.