North Memorial Homes

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Memorial homes / Alms houses

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Maker

T Trevor Sawday (Architect)

Ceremony

Opened
Date: 10 March 1927
Attended by: H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

14756

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Current location

North Memorial Homes & Hall
Stoughton Road
Oadby
Oadby And Wigston
Leicestershire
LE2 4FL
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 62552 00939
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Group of houses and a memorial hall built to assist ex-servicemen from WW1. Portrait orientated plaque mounted on front right face of canopied brick & tile entrance gateway.

Inscription

Top rail : 1927 / Plaque : CITY OF LEICESTER / "NORTH" MEMORIAL / HOMES / ERECTED FROM THE £100,000 / FUND RAISED BY ALDERMAN / SIR JONATHAN NORTH / DURING HIS FOUR YEARS - / MAYORALTY OF LEICESTER / (1914-1918) FOR THE PURPOSE / OF ASSISTING EX-SERVICE MEN / DISABLED IN THE GREAT WAR / OPENED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS / THE PRINCE OF WALES / ON MARCH 10, 1927. / Lower left of plaque : T TREVOR SAWDAY A.R.I.B.A. / ARCHITECT Lower right of plaque : EDWARD C KEMP / HON SECRETARY

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick
Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick
Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal

Listing information

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Condition

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Costs

Memorial: £100,000

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public

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