Memorial

Garden of Remembrance Stratford-Upon-Avon - WW2

Names - Addendum

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 21.08.2017

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Current Location

On South side of the Garden, Garden of Remembrance, Old Town/ College Street, Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6BW, England

SP 20032 54444

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Type of Memorial: Wall
WMR Reference Number: 38573
Description: Concave three section stone wall on three-step convex base, with a quotation from Shakespeare's Henry V play incised above the plaques. There is a stone shelf below the level of the five original cast bronze plaques - the dedication plaque is on the centre section, with two plaques bearing the names on each of the side sections. An addendum plaque has been added to the right-hand section, and there is a post-1945 conflict plaque on the left-hand section (WMR 100237). The inscriptions on the plaques are raised.
Inscription: Above the plaques: From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be/ remembered, we few, we happy few, we band of brothers. Central dedication plaque: In/ Grateful Memory/ of the Men of/ Stratford/ Upon/ Avon/ who Laid Down/ their Lives for/ their Country/ in the 1939-45/ War On the four original plaques: (Names) On the addendum plaque: Second World War 1939 - 1946: (Names)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 116
Died: 116
Information shown: Main plaques: Initials, surname, awards; Addendum plaque: Surname, initials, awards, date of death
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

Wall

Height: 2600MM

Width: 4000MM

Depth: 1900MM

Made from: Stone - Freestone

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good