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    Memorial

    International Conscientious Objectors

    Overall View

    Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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    Current Location

    North side of square, Tavistock Square Gardens, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London, WC1H 0PL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 29863 82400

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    © WMR-47452

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    Type of Memorial
    Stone of remembrance
    WMR Reference Number
    47452
    Description
    Stone of Remembrance with dedicatory tablet placed on the front face.
    Inscription
    CENTRE: TO ALL/ THOSE WHO HAVE/ ESTABLISHED AND/ ARE MAINTAINING/ THE RIGHT TO/ REFUSE TO KILL/Their foresight and/courage gives us hope/THIS STONE WAS DEDICATED ON 15 MAY 1994/ INTERNATIONAL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS DAY Left Border: TO COMMEMORATE MEN & WOMEN Top Border: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS TO MILITARY SERVICE Right Border: ALL OVER THE WORLD & IN EVERY AGE
    Maker(s)
    • Hugh Court, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    other
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    The stone was erected following an appeal to British COs and members of the Peace Pledge Union and friends and its erection was organized by the Peace Pledge Union.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    15 May 1994

    Sir Michael Tippett, President of the Peace Pledge Union

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: c 1200mm

    Width: c 1050mm


    Made from: Slate


    Condition: Good


    Stone of remembrance

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_Objectors_Commemorative_Stone
    London Remembers: https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/conscientious-objectors
  • Peace Pledge Union: https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance/conscientious-objectors-commemorative-stone
  • Streets of Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia by Woodford, F Peter 51-52 Published:Camden History Society 1997
  • The Guardian 16 May 1994
  • The Friend 658 / 27 May 1994