Silent Soldier Locations

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War organisations and businesses have sponsored Silent Soldiers (a Royal British Legion initiative). The Silent Soldier stands as a tribute to those who didn’t return home and to those whose did but lives would never be the same again. The silhouettes can be found in the City Centre, Bilston, Wednesfield and Tettenhall.

City Centre

Wolverhampton Railway Station – Tommy
Interchange – Commonwealth soldier
St Peter’s Gardens – Navy
Lichfield Street frontage – Nurse
West Park – Tommy
Queens Square – Suffragette
Entrance to the Market – Munition worker
Cenotaph at St Peters Square – Tommy

Bilston

McDonalds Island – Tommy
High St (start of pedestrian area) – Tommy Dedicated to William Harpin b. 1897 d. 1915
Bert Turner Boulevard – Tommy Dedicated to Harold Seagar b. 1893 d. 1915
Central Square – Tommy Dedicated to Kenneth Bassford b. 1896 d. 1918
Church Street by Majors - Suffragette Dedicated to The Suffragettes
Bus Station – Tommy Dedicated to Peter Kelly b. 1895 d. 1918
Bilston Market – Tommy Dedicated to Samuel Busby b. 1900 d. 1918
Metro – Tommy Dedicated to Joseph Baker b. 1889 d. 1914
St Leonards – Tommy Dedicated to William Wheelwright b. 1883 d. 1915
God’s Acre – Tommy Dedicated to George Riley b. 1898 d. 1915
God’s Acre - Navy Dedicated to Edward Price b. 1898 d. 1918
War Memorial - Munition worker Dedicated to The Munitions Workers
War Memorial - Commonwealth Soldier Dedicated to The Commonwealth Soldiers
War Memorial - RAF Dedicated to The RAF/Royal Flying Corps
Mount Pleasant by Robin – Tommy Dedicated to Alfred Niblett b. 1896 d. 1918
Lichfield Street by traffic lights – Tommy Dedicated to Ewart Critchley b. 1895 d. 1917
Church Street by Town Hall – Tommy Dedicated to Bert Croft d. 1915
Hall Street by Post Office – Tommy Dedicated to Charles Edge b. 1897 d. 1919
Bert Williams Leisure Centre – Tommy Dedicated to Jubilee Goodreid b. 1887 d. 1915
Bert Williams Leisure Centre – Tommy Dedicated to Ernest Paul b. 1898 d. 1918
Bankfield Road by Health Centre - Nurse Dedicated to The Medical Workers
Oxford Street – Tommy Dedicated to Reginald Shorthose d. 1916

Wednesfield

Guru Nanak Gurdwara – Commonwealth soldier
Ashmore Park Community Association – RAF
St Thomas Church Memorial Garden – Tommy

Tettenhall

Upper Green – RAF