Memorial

Quorn

Dedication and WW1 Names

Source: Copyright Sue Templeman

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Current Location

Adjacent to roundabout junction with Leicester Road,, War Memorial Gardens, Meeting Street, Quorn, Charnwood, Leicestershire, LE12 8EU, England

OS Grid Reference

SK 56139 16434

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 37805
Description: Two-stepped square base surmounted by a large square sectioned Portland Whitbed two-tier stone column with a shallow relief of St. George & the dragon on top front face. WW1 slate tablets on front and rear face, WW2 slate tablet on side. Memorial surrounded by paving stones and located within a garden with gates, adjacent to road.
Inscription: Front face : PASS NOT THIS STONE / IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE/ AND MAY YOU LIVE/ AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF QUORN/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-19/ (NAMES) Rear face : 1914 - 1919 / (NAMES) Side face : 1939-1945 / IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / CAUSE of FREEDOM / (19 NAMES) / We will remember them

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 76
Died: 76
Information shown: Forenames, surnames
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: only the names from Hackett onwards- image needed of the other names tablet

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 19
Died: 19
Information shown: Forenames, surnames
Order of names: Surnames

History

Maker(s): JOSEPH HERBERT MORCOM, Sculptor
Samuel Perkins Pick, Pick Everard and Keay, Designer
Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Unveiled

24 July 1921

Lieutenant Colonel W.S.N. Toller DSO

Conservation

Custodian: Quorndon Parish Council

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Quorn

Current Location

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

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