Memorial

East Leake Composite - WW1 and WW2

East Leake Roadside Cross 1

Source: Copyright Rachel farrand

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Current Location

Opposite St. Mary the Virgin parish church, Brookside, East Leake, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, LE12 6LW, England

SK 55232 26216

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 68055
Description: Hexagonal stone platform topped with octagonal base and stepped hexagonal plinth. Copper Latin cross mounted on the top. Dedication and names on three faces of the base of the column.
Inscription: IN GRATITUDE TO THE/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS THAT/ FUTURE GENERATIONS/ MAY VALUE THE FREEDOM/ FOR WHICH THEY DIED/ AND THAT THEIR NAMES/ MAY BE KEPT IN/ HONOURED/ MEMORY./ (Names)/ ALSO 1939-1945/ (Names)

Maker(s): Ernest Gillick, Designer
Pask and Thorpe , Mason
Sydney J Newman, Mason

Dedicated

24 May 1920

Major George Coke Robinson, Reverend T C Angrave, Reverend J Chamberlain and Reverend R H Handford

Cross

Made from: Copper

Condition: Good

Plinth