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It
is
opened
from
10
to
16
through
Monday
to
Saturday
and
it’s
free.
It
is
a
small
but
beautiful
construction
on
Centenar
Square.
On
the
12th
June
1923,
The
Prince
of
Wales
laid
the
foundation
stone.
He
said
that
the
building
would
stand
to
"symbolise
to
generations
to
come
that
Birmingham
stood
for,
during
a
period
of
great
national
crisis
-
work
of
every
kind
unflinchingly
given,
compassion
to
the
sick
and
wounded,
courage
and
resource
in
adversity,
and,
above
all,
self-sacrifice
in
the
face
of
death."
Opened
in
1925,
stands
as
a
memorial
to
the
men
and
women
of
Birmingham
who
gave
their
lives
in
the
First
World
War,
Second
World
War
and
in
active
service
since
1945.
12,320
Birmingham
citizens
died
and
35,000
were
wounded
in
the
First
World
War.
Built
of
Portland
Stone,
and
constructed
almost
entirely
by
Birmingham
craftsmen,
it
was
paid
by
public
donations.
Around
the
exterior
on
granite
pedestals
stand
four
larger
than
life
bronze
statues
by
local
artist
Albert
Toft.
They
represent
the
Army,
Navy,
Air
Force
and
Women's
Services.
Visitors
enter
the
Hall
of
Memory
through
huge
cast
bronze
doors.
Inside
the
Hall,
a
sarcophagus-shaped
dais
of
Siena
marble
sits
in
the
centre
of
the
marble
floor.
On
top
of
the
shrine
rests
a
glass
and
bronze
casket
containing
two
books:
the
First
World
War
and
Second
World
War
Roll
of
Honour.