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WWI Memorial

d. 1926

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right: THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918 THE WORLD WAR 1939–1945 left: TO THE FALLEN bronze plaque at the front of the monument: 'WAIT BUT FOR THE YIELD OF ALL OUR TOIL AND – GOD SHALL NOT FORGET.' on a scroll held by the statue: HONOUR JUSTICE FREEDOM on the base — A tapering column surmounted by a capstone with a bronze brazier at the top. A bronze figure of Peace stands on a semi-circular base at the front of the memorial. On either side of the base are plaques depicting scenes from the First World War.

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  • Open Plaques, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). See openplaques.org.
  • Wikidata, available under the CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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