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Leicester War Memorials Leicester War Memorials List of CWGC casualties in Welford Road Cemetery provided by The Friends of Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester: http://lrfhs.org.uk/wroadwar.htm More details for Welford Road Cemetery from CWGC: http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=41262&mode=1 Gilroes Cemetery, A50 contains 110 WW1 graves and 160 WW2 graves (not listed above). See CWGC website: http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2072859&mode=1 UKNIWM website, including link to search page: http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.002 PMSA page featuring information and images on selected memorials: http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/EM/Region.htm No Site name UKNIWM Conflict Details Held Inscription Names Photo Websites / Docs held reference ? 1 Leicester 37515 Wars of the SK 584 044 Near this site stood the / Church of the Richard III / the last Plantagenet King of England Cathedral Roses (1455- Greyfriars / where the body of Richard III / the 1487) last Plantagenet King of England / was interred after his death, aged 32 / at the battle of Bosworth field / 22 August 1485 / Requiescat in Pace / This memorial was erected by the Richard III Society 1990 2 Welford Road 14783 Battle of Gravestone In / remembrance of / John Winterton / who John Winterton Cemetery Waterloo departed this life / Feb 16th 1870 / in the 74th (1815) year of his age. / He was severely wounded at / the battle of waterloo / and after lying three days / and two nights on the field / had his left leg amputated / at Brussels. / May he rest in peace. 3 Arch of 2225 WW1 SK 5957 0336; Listed Building (I) - (front face, over arch): MCM XIV MCMXIX / Glory None Yes Remembrance, 9/153B (Memorial); Registered Park or to God in the highest and on earth peace Victoria Park Garden (II). (front face, on the piers): MCM XXXIX MCMXLV (left face): Remember in gratitude twelve Large square monumental arch thousand men / of this city and county / who crowned by low dome designed by Sir fought and died for freedom. / Remember all who Edwin Lutyens. Tall and wide served and strove / and those who patiently openings to W and E, smaller and endured lower ones to N and S Smaller (rear face): All they hoped for, all they had, they version of India Gate in Delhi. gave / to save mankind themselves they scorned Completed in 1924. to save (right face): I will not cease from mental fight / nor shall my sword sleep in my hand / till we have built Jerusalem / in England’s green and pleasant land 4 St Nicholas 37591 WW1 SK 582 045; Roll of Honour ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH & PARISH / THE Church GREAT WAR 1914-18 / ROLL OF HONOUR / OFFICERS NCOS & MEN / [NAMES] / "THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIFE EVEN UNTO DEATH" 5 St Margaret’s 37590 WW1 SK 585 050; Pews In memory of the two hundred men of / this Church parish who died for their country in / the Great War 6 Leicester 37588 WW2 SK 584 044; Tablet or plaque or board (...) / and Major Raymond Johnson German TD / Major Raymond Johnson German TD Cathedral Killed in action 11th September 1944 aged 36 7 Christchurch 37589 WW1 Names from Eric Orbell To the Glory of God / To perpetuate the memory George Herbert Cramp Combined of members / of this church who fell in the Great Carl Hugh Victor Johnson Methodist and War / 1914 - 1918 / [names]/ "Greater love hath Percy Sharman Baptist Church no man than this / that a man lay down his life Frederick George Todd for his friends" 8 Leicester Unknown Unknown http://www.policememorial.org. Constabulary uk/Forces/Leicestershire/Leices Police Force tershire_Roll.htm - ? HQ 9 Brice Memorial WW1 E-mail 8/12/2009 from CH - dedicated Interior plaque with metal wreath atop: Henry Copeland Brice / Lieutenant 4th Batt Leicestershire CH; Hall, Queen’s to Henry Brice by his parents. This institute was erected / in loving memory of Regt LCC Road Contains plaque interior bearing list of our son / Henry Copeland Brice / Lieutenant 4th names. Also plaque on exterior Batt Leicestershire Regt / Died at Bailleul France dedicated to Brice. / June 11 1915 Aged 21 / “Greater love hath no No Site name UKNIWM Conflict Details Held Inscription Names Photo Websites / Docs held reference ? man than this, that / a man lay down his life for his friends” / January 1921 Francis and Margaret Brice 10 Donisthorpe 14770 WW1; WW2 Nowy headed white stone plaque with To honour the memory of / officers and men of / Lieut GE Heriot Middlesex Yeo Died in Cairo Hospital / DK; Factory, Bath rearing animal in head and set on grey Donisthorpe & Company Ltd / who gave their (Director D & Co Ltd) AL; AF Lane backboard. Small rectangular WW2 lives in the / Great War 1914 - 1918 / Name Lieut CD Dixon Leicester Regt / Killed in Bazantine Le Petite addition below. Info from DK and AL. Regiment Where Killed / [names] / 1939-1945 / Sergt W Hook Leicester Regt Killd Mt Kemmel [names] Pte G Hook Royal Scots Killed Ypres As per AF – Mercury cutting 15/11/96 Pte A Taylor Leicester Regt Killed Loos states plaque went for repair ten years Pte W Bishop Leicester Regt Killed Loos prev. but was forgotten – Rededicated Pte A Foster Leicester Regt Killed Ypres on Remembrance Sunday by Rector Pte J Seddon Leicester Regt Killed Vlamertinghe of Oadby, Rev. David Clark. Pte E Love Leicester Regt Killed Vlamertinghe Pte H Deane Leicester Regt / Killed Hohenzollern Redoubt Pte R Spencer Northum Fus Died St Eloi Pte H Green Leicester Regt Killed Loos Pte S Wood Leicester Regt Killed Thiepval Pte S Taylor Leicester Regt Killed Bullecourt Pte H Garner 10th Durham LI Killed Polygon Wood Pte W Warwick RMLI / Sunk on Monitor in Mediterranean Tpr. E Williams Leicester Yeo Killed in Boyles Pte F Stevenson Leicester Regt Killed France Tpr E Riches 11th Hussars Killed Italy Sergt Air Gunner / Alan W Brown / RAF 11 Welford Road 14771 WW1 Gravestone Private, 17007, 1 Bn Leicestershire Regiment Fred Brown http://www.britishwargraves.co. Cemetery 15/09/1916. Son of Esther Jane & the late Harry uk/page35.htm Brown of Leicester, KIA Somme, France. Thiepval Memorial. 12 Moat 14773 WW1 Tablet or Plaque or Board; for Moat Community Boys School College 13 St Martins 14769 WW1 Unknown type of memorial 59th (North Midland) Division (TE) / To the Glory Collegiate of God / In memory of the dead / and to record Church the service / of the division in the / Great War 1914 - 1918 / Ypres, 1917 Menin Road, Polygon Wood / Cambrai, 1917 St Quentin Forst battle / of Bapaume, 1918 Bailleuil First / Battle of Kemmel Albert, 1918 / (Regiments and Companys) 14 British Gas, 14760 WW1; WW2 Brass plaque with red and black WW1 c.342; WW2 14 Aylestone enamelled letters and a red plastic Road Depot surround (replaced oak surround). In reception of Customer Service Centre. Previously in District Office on Market Street but moved in 1977 when this was demolished 15 Unclear 14755 SK 580 040 - ‘Leicester Cathedral Bradgate Park’? - no detail, duplicate? 16 North Memorial 14756 Duplicate of WMP0872? Homes, Stoughton Road 17 Leicester 37586 Everard Harrison / Captain RAMC / attached to Everard Harrison / Captain RAMC Cathedral the 1st/6th Battalion / Gloucester Regiment / Killed in action in France / April 18th 1917 aged 37 years / In loving remembrance 18 St Margaret’s 37585 WW2 Tablet or plaque or board To the memory of those from / St Margarets Church Works who gave / their lives in the World War 1939 – 1945 / [Names] / Their name liveth for evermore 19 Town Hall 2020 Boer War 2 Wall with bronze panels bearing In stone, central top: Directly below inscription: AF Square (SA) names, surmounted by three figures of Glory to God: Honour the dead / peace after Officers / Brigadier General Sir EPR Woodgate CB KCMG / No Site name UKNIWM Conflict Details Held Inscription Names Photo Websites / Docs held reference ? Grief, Peace and War victory Brevet Major RB Blunt 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers / Captain Cortland Gordon Mackenzie Royal Artillery / Captain Price- Dent 2nd Devonshire Regiment / Captain HC Thorold The Leicestershire Regiment / Lieut WMP Hannah The Leicestershire Regiment / Lieut CP Russell The Leicestershire Regiment Five panels, left to right. 1st: The / Leicestershire / Regiment / QM Sergt: / A Johnson / Colour-Sergt: / T Clarke / Sergeants / WA Boulton / O Crowdell / G Hewitt / J Pike / WH Whitehead / Lance-Sergt: / WG Starkey / Corporals / J Bradshaw / JT Fletcher / A Hill / W Hutt / C Yates / Lance-Corporals / J Barratt / AE Dunkley / JA Fletcher / J Hallam / W Harlow / H Keys Below section: Leicestershire Regt / Pt EV Morris / Brabants Horse / Pt CH Paulson 2nd: W Smith / E Walsh / Privates / G Alchin / JA Arnold / W Ashton / H Austin / HCH Bailey / R Barson / E Bassett / J Bent / J Bingley / A Birchmore / H Booth / FJ Boyall / C Bradley / H Britland / T Brown / F Bullock / T Bunn / T Callaghan / W Capel / FWL Carder / J Carr / R Cartwright / J Cave / JR Chapman / ST Cheney / WJ Cheesley / J Cockerill / A Coles / H Collett / H Corbett / A Croll / C Darlow / T Dawson / JR Dix / JD Durrands / FE Edge / W Elkington / G Ellicock / J Fisher / WA Forbes / W Gilbert / R Glover / J Goode / E Griffin / F Hannibal / A Harriman / JR Hawkins / G Hazell / D Helps / J Hickey / AT Hill / JJ Hodsell / A Horsefield / G Hulse / J Jarvis / C Johnson / G Johnstone / J Kellam / G Kendall / J Kirk / R Kirkpatrick / JW Knight / JH Lamin / J Leader / S Lewin / T Lindsey / G Lord / H Lovell / J Lowe / TH Lyons / G Maddison / W Markham / H Marlow / G Martin / JC Martin / J Mason / N Mawbey / H Mellers / T Mitchell / J Moore / A Moulds / J Moule / G Neale / J Norman / S North / J Parker / AE Peasgood / C Porter / W Poultney / W Redmile / G Reynolds / JW Robinson / DH Russell / T Salter / J Sarson / J Sanders / E Seares / G Sharpe / R Shillcock / A Simpson / T Smith / WH Spizer / A Stanyon / A Sturgess / A Thomas / T Thwaites / J Tolley / W Townsend / JA Trigger / JT Tucker / W Vann / W Voyce / CP Vulliamy / JH Walker / S Walster / F Warner / GW Warren / JT Warsop / J Watkinson / A Watson / JW Wesley / L Weston / C Westwood / T Whitehead / T Widdowson / H Wildman / J Wilde / JT Wilford / W Wilson / W Woofendon / R Woolmer / St John’s / Ambulance / Brigade / Pt FH Cooper / 7th Co Imperial / Yeomanry / Reg.
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