Memorial

Whetstone

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Current Location

High Street, Whetstone, Blaby, Leicestershire, LE8 6LP, England

SP 55690 97493

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 37493
Description: Two-stepped square base surmounted by a two-stage square sectioned tapering plinth & rough-hewn rectangular sectioned tapering shaft with Celtic-style wheel cross. Sword of Sacrifice in relief on front face of shaft. Inscriptions on both front faces of plinth & also on an angled landscape orientated tablet located between upper & lower front steps. The whole memorial stands within a kerbed hard standing area, semi-enclosed to the rear by a hedge, the forecourt consists of a blocked paving path leading to an open gateway to pavement, stone chippings to either side of path, enclosed by metal railings mounted on a concrete kerb. ( A bronze laurel wreath originally attached to the base area of the memorial was stolen November 2010 ).
Inscription: Upper plinth face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR 1914 - 1918 Lower plinth face : (3 columns of 45 NAMES) Tablet : ALSO TO THE / SACRED AND BLESSED MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 TO 1945 / (11 NAMES) / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. Laurel wreath : FROM THEIR / COMRADES WHO / CAME BACK

Maker(s): ERNEST G FOWLER, Architect
MR GEORGE COLLIN AND SON, Mason
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Site donated by W.H. Herbert of Whetstone Pastures.