Combined WWI and WWII Cenotaph - Quorn, Leicestershire
Posted by: SMacB
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
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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 (
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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