Memorial

Queens College, Cambridge

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

In the College Chapel, Queens' College , Silver Street, Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 9ET, England

TL 44629 58099

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 9629
Description: Ten panels with gold borders, each inscribed with a column of names inscribed in white. The four centre panels are names from WW1: they are flanked by 3 panels on each side carrying the WW2 names. At bottom of each panel is a blue roundel; those from WW1 have a cross while the WW2 panels have dates '1939 1945'. Above the panels is the arms of the college with red and silver mantling, flanked by two crowned Tudor roses, all carved in wood. Under the college coat of arms is a scroll reading 'FLOREAT DOMUS' ('May this house flourish') and under the roses are scrolls reading 'LAUS DEO' ('Praise God'). There is a gold cross down the centre of the inscription.
Inscription: GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ 1914 1918 1939 1945