Memorial

International Conscientious Objectors

Overall View

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

North side of square, Tavistock Square Gardens, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London, WC1H 0PL, England

TQ 29863 82400

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 47452
Description: Stone of Remembrance with dedicatory tablet placed on the front face.
Inscription: CENTRE: TO ALL/ THOSE WHO HAVE/ ESTABLISHED AND/ ARE MAINTAINING/ THE RIGHT TO/ REFUSE TO KILL/Their foresight and/courage gives us hope/THIS STONE WAS DEDICATED ON 15 MAY 1994/ INTERNATIONAL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS DAY Left Border: TO COMMEMORATE MEN & WOMEN Top Border: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS TO MILITARY SERVICE Right Border: ALL OVER THE WORLD & IN EVERY AGE

Maker(s): Hugh Court, Architect
Sponsor Type: other
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The stone was erected following an appeal to British COs and members of the Peace Pledge Union and friends and its erection was organized by the Peace Pledge Union.

Unveiled

15 May 1994

Sir Michael Tippett, President of the Peace Pledge Union

Tablet

Height: c 1200mm

Width: c 1050mm

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

Stone of remembrance

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good