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Warwickshire Firefighters Memorial, Bancroft Gardens

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Warwickshire Firefighters Memorial, Bancroft Gardens

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Location: Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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John Haselden

July 30, 2021

More often than not there is someone performing here as it makes an intimate little ‘theatre’. Musicians, a man dressed as Shakespeare reading monologues off by heart or as in the photograph, a lady playing a violin with great skill. Grab a coffee or an ice cream from somewhere close by and spend a relaxing time here. As you leave think once again of those brave firemen

Jacqui 👣🌏

June 10, 2022

lots to see

Sasha Taylor

May 22, 2021

Memorial dedicated to four Warwickshire firefighters who died in a warehouse fire in 2007.

Memorial to the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service at Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

The dedication is to honour the lives of the four firefighters, Ashley Stephens, Darren Yates-Badley, John Averis and Ian Reid who tragically lost their lives in a fire at a vegetable packing plant in Atherstone-on-Stour on the 2 November 2007.

The Tribute also reflects the work of Firefighters from all across the United Kingdom.

The tribute itself is set in a small amphitheatre, close to the River Avon. In the gardens there is a solid granite seating area engraved with pictures and words to celebrate the life and work of the four firefighters who lost their lives at Atherstone-on-Stour. Four lime trees, representing each life lost, will shade this area.

A large sundial will incorporates Caithness stone rubbings of the work of firefighters.

Visitors to the site will be able to spend time making their own stone rubbings to take away as a memento of their visit.

Opened 24th April 2009

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