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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rutland
- Town
- Oakham
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37747
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Current location
Oakham Castle
Castle Grounds
Market Place
Oakham
Rutland
Leicestershire
LE15 6DR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 86150 08902
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wall mounted arch-topped backboard with attached apex-headed stone tablet. Incised inscription lettering, names in three columns. Badge of Regiment in relief at top centre. Effect of draped material across top & down sides of tablet.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919 / TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE OF "A" SQUADRON LEICESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE WAR. / (3 columns of 48 NAMES) / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, N.C.O.'S AND MEN / OF "A" SQUADRON WHO RETURNED. / Edge of lower shelf : FROM MEMORY'S PAGE WE'LL NEVER BLOT, / THREE LITTLE WORDS, "FORGET ME NOT"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 48
Served and returned: 0
Died: 48
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname
Order of information: Rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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