Combined WWI and WWII Cenotaph - Quorn, Leicestershire
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N 52° 44.554 W 001° 10.188
30U E 623549 N 5845204
A combined WWI / WWII memorial cenotaph in the centre of Quorn.
Waymark Code: WMQWBY
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/05/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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A memorial cenotaph of Portland stone with slate tablets and a relief of St George & the Dragon on the front face.
Sculptor - JOSEPH HERBERT MORCOM (visit link)

Inscription -

PASS NOT THIS STONE / IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE/ AND MAY YOU LIVE/ AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF QUORN/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-19/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ (NAMES)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/24/1921

Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
MEETING ST AND LEICESTER RD
Quorn, Leicestershire England


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