- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 40666
- Description
- TRINAGULAR HEADED STONE TABLET SET ONTO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
- Inscription
- TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS & MEN/ OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND MARINES, ARMY, AIR FORCE AND MERCANTILE MARINES OF THIS CITY/ WHO FELL ON LAND AND SEA IN THE GREAT WAR WITH GERMANY 1914 - 1918/ UPHOLDING IN THEIR NOBLE DEATHS THE GLORIOUS TRADITIONS OF THE GREAT SERVICES TO WHICH THEY BELONGED/ AND BY THEIR INSPRIRING EXAMPLE HOLDING HIGH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS THE GREAT STANDARD OF DUTY/ AND THE DEVINE LAW OF SACRIFICE FOR WHICH THEY DIED./ THEIR IMPERISHABLE DEEDS UNSURPASSED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD ARE FOR EVER IN THE/ HEART OF THEIR COUNTRY WHICH REMEMBERS THEM WITH UNDYING GRATITUDE AND HONOURS THEM FOR ALL/ THEY SUFFERED AND ACHIEVED./ ALSO IN SACRED REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THOSE BRAVE MEN WHO AS PRISONERS OF WAR, DIED IN CAPTIVITY/ IN GERMANY, MESOPOTAMIA, TURKEY AND OTHER FOREIGN LANDS./ CAPTIVES IN THE HANDS OF THIER ENEMIES, THEY FACED WITH UNBROKEN SPIRIT AND UNCONQUERABLE COURAGE/ UNSPEAKABLE SUFFERINGS AND PRIVATIONS. THEY CREATED UNDER THE MOST TRAGIC CONDITINOS, NEW IDEALS/ OF COURAGE, FORTITUDE AND ENDURANCE, UPHOLDING TO THE LAST THE HONOUR OF THEIR COUNTRY AND THE/ GREAT TRADITIONS OF THIER RACE FOR WHICH THEY DIED./ WE KNOW THEY HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE, GRANT THEM O GOD, ETERNAL REST