Memorial

Edwinstowe - WW1 and WW2

Cross

Source: Copyright Frank Petty

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Current Location

Church St/ Mansfield Road, Edwinstowe, Newark And Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, NG21 9QP, England

SK 62582 66846

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Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 68372
Description: Small memorial garden featuring; Celtic cross with a tapering shaft and two-stepped, tapering plinth. The whole is set on tree steps. A polished black granite stone of remembrance was added in 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. Two small bronze plaques, one dedicated by the British Legion and a second individual memorial.
Inscription: Cross: TO THE/ GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF/ EDWINSTOWE/ AND/ CLIPSTONE/ WHO FELL IN/ THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE MEN OF EDWINSTOWE/ WHO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Stone: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PEOPLE OF EDWINSTOWE/ TO COMMEMORATE/ THE CENTENARY YEAR/ OF THE ENDING OF WW1/ 1918 - 2018/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE CONFLICT Plaque 1: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES AND TO THOSE WHO RETURNED/ HOME FROM THE WORLD WARS/ THIS FLAGPOLE WAS DONATED BY/ EDWINSTOWE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION/ AND WAS INSPIRED BY THE LATE/ MR. C. FENSOM, BRANCH PRESIDENT/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM Plaque 2: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ L/CPL KYLE M POWER/ 144 PARACHUTE SQUADRON (V)/ THE DEAREST AND THE BEST/ 14.9.99 AGED 27