Memorial
Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth College - WW1
Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth College - WW1
Source: Copyright Richard MacFarlane
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Current Location
At front of College building,, Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth College, University Road, Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RJ, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 59402 02719
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Pillar / Column
- WMR Reference Number
- 50797
- Description
- Two-stepped square base surmounted by a circular stone setting & pillar. Stone tablets set on each face of column. Above dedication is the school crest carved in stone.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/ AETERNAM HUIUS SCHOLAE/ ALUMNORUM QUI IN SUMMO/ PATRIAE DISCRIMINE VITAM/ LIBENTER DEVOVENTES/ SIBI HONOREM SCHOLAE/ GLORIAM PATRIAE SALUTEM/ PEPERERUNT/ MCMXIV - MCMXVIII/ ET/ MCMXXXIX - MCMXLV Other column : MASTERS/ (NAMES)/ OLD BOYS/ (NAMES)/
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 191
- Died
- 191
- Information shown
- surname
- Order of names
- surname
Components
- Column
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1433242
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1433242 (accessed 03/06/2026)
- Tablets
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1433242
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1433242 (accessed 03/06/2026)
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 251736
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