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# Poppy wreath in memory of soldier killed at Lichfield City station will return
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/poppy-wreath-in-memory-of-soldier-killed-at-lichfield-city-station-will-return/
- Published: 2016-03-21T19:56:11.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-21T19:56:11.000Z
- Description: A wreath in memory of a soldier killed by an IRA gunman at Lichfield City station will be re-instated.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:42, News

A wreath in memory of a soldier killed by an IRA gunman at Lichfield City station will be re-instated.

[![The memorial plaque for Private Robert Davies](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/plaque.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2016/03/21/poppy-wreath-in-memory-of-soldier-killed-at-lichfield-city-station-will-return/plaque/)

The memorial plaque for Private Robert Davies at Lichfield City station

Private Robert Davies died as he waited for a train in 1990.

He had been based at Whittington Barracks and had been with the military for just 12 weeks when he was shot and killed on the platform.

A plaque in his memory is in the stairwell of the station, but a poppy wreath has recently vanished.

However, London Midland has confirmed that its removal is only temporary.

“The wreath is in the station office area while the area is being repainted,” a spokesperson for the train operator said. “It will be back in place soon.”