International Conscientious Objectors

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Peace and Anti-War memorials

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 15 May 1994
Attended by: Sir Michael Tippett, President of the Peace Pledge Union

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

47452

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Current location

North side of square
Tavistock Square Gardens
Tavistock Square
Bloomsbury
Camden
Greater London
WC1H 0PL
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 29863 82400
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Stone of Remembrance with dedicatory tablet placed on the front face.

Inscription

CENTRE: TO ALL/ THOSE WHO HAVE/ ESTABLISHED AND/ ARE MAINTAINING/ THE RIGHT TO/ REFUSE TO KILL/Their foresight and/courage gives us hope/THIS STONE WAS DEDICATED ON 15 MAY 1994/ INTERNATIONAL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS DAY Left Border: TO COMMEMORATE MEN & WOMEN Top Border: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS TO MILITARY SERVICE Right Border: ALL OVER THE WORLD & IN EVERY AGE

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Peace and Anti-War memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: height c 1200mm, width c 1050mm
Materials: Slate
Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite

Listing information

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Condition

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Costs

Comments: The stone was erected following an appeal to British COs and members of the Peace Pledge Union and friends and its erection was organized by the Peace Pledge Union.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Other

Reference

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_Objectors_Commemorative_Stone
The Friend 658 / 27 May 1994
The Guardian 16 May 1994
Streets of Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia by Woodford, F Peter 51-52 Published:Camden History Society 1997
Peace Pledge Union: www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance/conscientious-objectors-commemorative-stone
London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/conscientious-objectors

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