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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Leicester
- Town
- Leicester
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr E George Mawbey (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4 September 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37757
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Current location
Roadside
Memorial Gardens
Bridge Rd
Leicester
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE5 3PH
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 609 050
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Three-stepped limestone ase surmounted by limestone cenotaph. Relief set into upper 6 o'clock face above incised dedicatory inscription. Two plaques bearing names in four columns set into stone beneath dedication. Relief depicts a nude figure lying dead on the ground with two boys kneeling beside him, one of whom holds a wreath over him. Whole set in garden area, now regarded as memorial gardens.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919/ IN GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF OLD BOYS OF/ BRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL/ WHO DIED IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ At the going down of the Sun and in the morning/ we will remember them
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, A
Adcock, S B
Allen, H B
Allen, H W
Banks, G W
Barsby, W G
Barton, W
Billington, A E
Bland, S
Bolton, P
See details for all 128 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 133
Served and returned: 0
Died: 133
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Relief
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Cenotaph
- Listing information
- 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
- Bridge Road School
- WMO ID: 86680
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 12-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c2012: Site surrounding cenotaph regarded as memorial gardens. c2008: Memorial vandalised with graffiti and paint. Leicester City Council painted over the graffiti. 2000, September 3: Memorial listed as Grade II. c1980s: School building demolished.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Leicester City Council
- Reference
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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