
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Town
- Coleorton
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17th September 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14831
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Current location
Junction of Ashby Rd and Farmtown Ln
Ashby Road
Coleorton
North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire
LE67 8FD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 39515 16916
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- In front of the Almshouses.
A512
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- In front of the Almshouses.
- Description
- Foliated stone cross with cusped arms raised on a tapered octagonal shaft mounted on a square pedestal with canted corners and a plinth, surrounded by a low concrete wall.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PLACE/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918/ AND/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Berkin, Samuel Thomas
Bird, William
Blyth, James
Briggs, Francis
Briggs, Frederick William
Clifford, Alfred
Cuthbert, Cecil Edwin
Fearn, John William
Hamilton, Archibald James Rowan
Holt, Archibald
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,age of death
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 2320MM, height 3840MM, width 2320MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Coleorton War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Coleorton
- WMO ID: 189749
- Condition: Good [last updated on 10-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2009: Planned work to repair the low concrete wall as well as remove some of the lichen so the inscription can be more easily read. 1970s: Stone shaft replaced after damage by lorry.
- Costs
Memorial: £129-2-8d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Coalville Times 22 Sept 1922. pg 6.
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Details of individuals named on the memorial
- Illustrated Leicester Chronicle 23 Sept 1922, pg 8-9
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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