Memorial

Northampton - Garden Of Remembrance

Dedication Plaque

Source: Copyright Ian Sargent

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Current Location

Between junction of Kettering Road and Wellingborough Road., Abington Square, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4DN, England

SP 76096 60840

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Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 14948
Description: A garden of remembrance. At one end is a collonaded walkway, on the rear wall of which are inscribed the names of the fallen. Other dedicatory inscriptions for WW1 and WW2, are placed within the garden. The central inscription panel on the wall has the crest of Northampton, a castle flanked by two lions on a red field with the motto "Castello fortior concordia".
Inscription: Collonade: COUNTY BOROUGH OF/ NORTHAMPTON/ HEREON ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF/ THE CITIZENS OF THIS BOROUGH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED DURING/ THE CORONATION YEAR OF HIS MAJESTY/ KING GEORGE VI/ LEST WE FORGET/ (Names) Stone at base of collonade: THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ LAURENCE BINYON/ THE NORTHAMPTON BRANCH OF THE BRITISH LEGION/ AND THEIR FRIENDS BORE THE COST OF THE PANELS/ AND OF INSCRIBING THE NAMES THEREON. Raised stone : MEMORIAL SQUARE/ THESE GARDENS COMMEMORATE THE NORTHAMPTON MAN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 (Exact line spacing unknown) Low wall : (...) AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR (Exact wording unknown)

Maker(s): S G SALE AND SONS, Builder
Sir John Brown, A.E. Henson and Partners, Architect