Memorial

Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds - WW1 and WW2, Memorial Garden

WW2 Wall

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Current Location

The garden is on the Northern edge of the cemetery, best accessed from the New Adel Lane entrance to the cemetery., Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road, Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 6AH, England

OS Grid Reference

SE 26928 38998

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 61035
Description: A memorial garden containing two stone walls and a stone cross. The cross stands on an octagonal base and plinth, upon which is a hexagonal second plinth: the shaft of the cross is also hexagonal and has on its face a large, embedded sword pointing downwards. Behind this is a large wall bearing fifteen bronze plaques naming 143 WW1 casualties, 10 plaques to the left/west and 5 to the right/east of a central panel that carries the commemoration. A second, smaller wall lists further 81 WW1 and 24 WW2 casualties originally buried in the cemetery but whose graves are no longer maintained: their names appear on seven bronze panels on the wall, with the commemoration engraved above into the wall.
Inscription: Larger, WW1 Wall, Top - Their Name Liveth For Evermore Larger, WW1 Wall - Central Plaque - In honoured memory/ of those British Sailors/ and Soldiers who gave/ their lives for their/ country during The/ Great War 1914-1918/ and who lie buried in/ this cemetery/ To the west of this/ panel are recorded/ the names of those/ who are buried within/ this enclosed space/ and to the east the/ names of those buried/ in other parts of/ the cemetery Smaller, WW1 and WW2 Wall, Top - 1914-1918/ The sailors, soldiers and airmen honoured here/ died in the service of their country/ and were buried in Leeds General Cemetery/ 1939-1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 24
Died: 24
Information shown: Rank, Initials, Surname, Age at death, date of death, Regiment, Service Number
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: These men were buried in the cemetery but their graves are no longer maintained, hence they appear on this wall.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 143
Died: 143
Information shown: Rank, Initials, Surname, Age at death, date of death, Regiment, Service Number, honours
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: 96 of these men were buried in the 'enclosed space' (a 'plot' or mass grave): 128 were buried elsewhere in the cemetery and, of these, the graves of 81 are no longer maintained and so they are listed on the second wall.

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Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds - WW1 and WW2, Memorial Garden

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Commemoration

Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds - WW1 and WW2, Memorial Garden

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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