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    Memorial

    Snarestone

    Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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    Current Location

    50 metres east of Quarry Lane junction,, Memorial Garden, Main Street, Snarestone, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, DE12 7DB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 34585 09337

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    © WMR-14842

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    14842
    Description
    Small Memorial Garden containing a three-stepped, eight-sided base surmounted by a rectangular sectioned tapering rough-hewn plinth, rectangular sectioned tapering rough-hewn shaft with wheel cross. Incised inscription on recessed smoothed front face of plinth, black lettering. A separate stone step, sited at the entrance to the memorial's forecourt, bears an incised inscription, lettering also in black.
    Inscription
    Plinth : + / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918, / (7 NAMES) / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Memorial Garden forecourt step : A PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    surname, forename
    Order of names
    surname, forename
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS WELLS AND CO OF LEICESTERSHIRE, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    c 1993: PROPOSAL BY THE PARISH COUNCIL TO CLEAN MEMORIAL AND REPLANT GROUNDS TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITION

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    26th February 1920

    COL GERMAN DSO

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2850 mm

    Width: 2150 mm

    Depth: 1950 mm


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1465198

    Listed Aug 2019

    Base

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1465198

    Listed Aug 2019

    Steps

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1465198

    Listed Aug 2019

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    269801

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    • http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/1052
    • "Snarestone War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1465198?section=official-list-entry. Accessed 14 May 2025.