The expression "our glorious dead" suggests that this memorial was raised to the dead in the armed forces only and not to any civilian dead.
On site we thought there were only 2 inscriptions but IWM gives the text of 3. It seems likely that the 4th face also carried text origin...
This monument appears in a scene shot on location in the 1973 movie 'Vault of Horror' (segment 5 'Drawn and Quartered'). There you see th...
The carving on the south face has a peculiarity which we think must be an error. It's normal for all the lettering to be in caps with som...
We recognised this as a flat version of the monument at the Royal Exchange and were pleased to find an explanation of how it came to be, ...
Transcribing the names was very difficult and there are probably errors, particularly in the L - P range. This was in addition to the usu...
Roll of Honour has a photo of the parish WW1 memorial that used to be inside the church: "Unfortunately the memorial was destroyed when t...
From the typefaces one can tell that the two inscriptions were done at different times, and the WW2 dates don't look squeezed in. From t...
The lowest element of this memorial ("Eton Manor will always....") projects from the wall and is somewhat reminiscent of a sarcophagus. W...
Statues flank this central panel. The bases of both are inscribed: Albert Toft, Sc. 1921. One is a winged angel writing in an open book (...
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