War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

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A bronze figure representing Peace, with a laurel wreath on its head, stands on an octagonal shaft which is mounted on a three-tiered base. The figure reaches across towards a stone screen wall with six First World War bronze tablets flanking a carved cross above three Second World War tablets.
Title

War Memorial

Date

1922

Medium

stone & copper

Accession number

LE10_KHS_S006

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Hinkley and Bosworth Borough Council

Custodian

Hinkley and Bosworth Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

20th May 1922

Listing date

10/08/82

Access

at all times

Inscription description

figure: TO KEEP IN MIND THOSE FROM THIS PLACE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919; top of wall: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE; 6 name panels: (names); across middle of wall: THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR; lower wall: THESE PLATES WERE ADDED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945; side wall panel: THE FIRST WORLD WAR / (names); side wall panel: THE SECOND WORLD WAR / (names) / CIVILIANS / (names); side wall panel: THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES / KILLED ON DUTY OR AS A RESULT OF / TERRORIST ACTION / SINCE THE END / OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR / (8 names)

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Located at

Hill Street, Hinckley

LE10 1DA

In the Memorial Park.