Memorial

Ashby De La Zouch

Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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Current Location

On the corner of Brook Street,, Market Street, Ashby De La Zouch, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, LE65 1AF, England

SK 35739 16735

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Type of Memorial: Arch
WMR Reference Number: 14797
Description: Pitch-roofed arched memorial stands within a rectangular metal fenced enclosure with three bronze lamp standards at each of the corners. The main structure consists of a cusped archway framing a Latin cross mounted on a raised inner platform. Inscription in silver over a black plaque on front faces of arch & beneath platform. On the rear face of the memorial are bronze plaques within a canopied shrine.
Inscription: On gate of memorial enclosure : LEST WE FORGET On paving slab at front of memorial : 220 MILES TO YPRES Bronze plaque, upper central face : 1914 { ERECTED TO THE / GLORY OF GOD } 1918 / AND IN UNDYING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. Lower central plaque : 1939 1945 / "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM". / ROLL OF HONOUR / (2 columns of NAMES) On each of left & right plaques : ROLL OF HONOUR / (2 Columns of NAMES) On rear of memorial, left hand plaque : IN THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST / AND TO THE GLORY OF GOD / WE DEDICATE / THIS STONE OF REMEMBRANCE / IN THE NAME OF / THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST 15TH JUNE 1966 - AMEN On rear of memorial, right hand plaque : THIS SACRED PLACE WAS GIFTED / TO THE ASHBY BRANCH OF / THE BRITISH LEGION / BY / THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENTS / AND / THE LATE A.E. CAPPER