Memorial

Soham

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Current Location

Red Lion Square, Soham, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HE, England

TL 59442 72960

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 3457
Description: Soldier resting on arms reversed surmounting large ,stepped stone plinth. Names in columns on each side of plinth. Two-stepped base. Names of two women from WW2 placed first.
Inscription: FOR VALOUR/ BE THOU/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ AND I SHALL GIVE THEE/ A CROWN OF LIFE/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SOHAM WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ LIBERTY AND JUSTICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS/1939-1945/(Names)

Unveiled

23 January 1921

Major-General S.W. Hare

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Figure

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good