St John's Gardens, Liverpool - Rwandan Genocide

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Civilian (19th; 20th and 21st Centuries)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 24/04/2013
Attended by: Cllr. Gary Millar (Deputy Lord Mayor), Mr Williams Nkurunziza (Rwandan High Commissioner), Philomene Uwamaliya (Genocide Survivor)

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

101491

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Current location

St John's Gardens
St John's Lane
Liverpool
Liverpool
Merseyside
L1 1HF
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 34846 90682
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Polished black marble tablet with incised and gilded inscription beneath a gilded Eternal Flame, on a black marble base. One of twenty conflict-related memorials in and around the flower-beds surrounding the statue of Liverpool-born Prime Minister WE Gladstone (1809-1898) in St John’s Gardens, West of St George’s Hall.

Inscription

In Memory of/ the Victims of the/ 1994 Genocide/ Perpetuated against/ Tutsi in Rwanda

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Civilian (19th; 20th and 21st Centuries)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Liverpool City Council

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