Memorial

Coleorton Cross

Cross

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Current Location

Junction of Ashby Rd and Farmtown Ln, Ashby Road, Coleorton, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, LE67 8FD, England

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SK 39515 16916

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 14831
Description: A stone cross with decorative cusped arms raised on a tapered octagonal shaft mounted on a square pedestal with canted corners and a plinth, surrounded by a low concrete wall. The dedication is engraved on the front (North) face (a post-WWI adaptation).
Inscription: Face 1: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PLACE/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918/ AND/ 1939-1945/ Face 2: (NAMES)/ Face 3: (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / Face 4: (NAMES)/

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 20
Died: 20
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,age of death
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): MESSRS ROBERT BRIDGEMAN AND SONS, Designer
MESSRS ROBERT BRIDGEMAN AND SONS, Sculptor
Costs: £129-2-8d
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2009: Planned work to repair the low concrete wall as well as remove some of the lichen so the inscription can be more easily read. 1970s: Stone shaft replaced after damage by lorry. Post-WW2 alteration of the original front face inscription which originally read 'In memory of the men of this place who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918.'

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17th September 1922

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