Memorial

Waltham on the Wolds Memorial Gardens

Tablets and memorial stones in context -2021 post renovation

Source: Copyright Colin Murray

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Current Location

Malt house green, site of former corn mill,, Memorial Gardens, Melton Road (A607), Waltham on the Wolds, Melton, Leicestershire, LE14 4AJ, England

SK 80227 25148

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Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 74179
Description: A memorial garden on the site of the former corn mill on Malt House Green, fully renovated and updated in the Autumn of 2020. A paved path leads from the bottom entrance up to a main paved area, at the end of which is a flagpole. At centre, and behind the paved area, is a large rough-hewn slab of slate with a tablet affixed this contains an incised memorial inscription. Either side are two further upright rough-hewn slate slabs with attached tablets, these have incised inscriptions of the names of men from the village who lost their lives during both world wars. To the rear and near the wall are the memorial tablets that were previously in the local Methodist Church (see WMR reference 74182).
Inscription: Centre tablet: IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR COUNTRY WW1 tablet: (Names/Dates) WW2 tablet: (Names/Dates)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 13
Died: 13
Information shown: forename, initials, surname, year of birth, year of death
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname, forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 6
Died: 6
Information shown: forename, initials, surname, year of birth, year of death
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname