Memorial

Roundhay World War 1

Source: Copyright John E Scurr

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Current Location

It is on the east wall of the south transept, St. Edmund's Church, Lidgett Park Road,, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1EE, England

SE 31968 38103

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 85676
Description: The memorial is a bronze cast plaque with a scene in relief of 13 soldiers marching together with a limber drawn by 2 horses an an officer on horseback. The names also stand in relief and are in 3 columns. Above the plaque also in bronze is St Edmund's crown enclosed within a wreath of olive branches pierced by two arrows with points upwards
Inscription: THE GREAT WAR 1914 1919/ (SCENE)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY * "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good