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Slough War Memorial - Taken by Dai (flickr) 06 Nov 2009
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St Mary’s War Memorial - Taken by Brian Rogers 17 Jun 2021
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St Mary’s War Memorial - Taken by Brian Rogers 17 Jun 2021
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St Mary’s War Memorial - Taken by Brian Rogers 17 Jun 2021
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St Mary’s War Memorial - Taken by Brian Rogers 17 Jun 2021
Reference WMO/115468
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- Stone Stone (any)
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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. The memorial inscriptions are carved in undercut lettering. The inscription on the circular base is in serif capitals, in relief and reads in an anti-clockwise direction from the west: THERE IS BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL -/ ONE LIFE FOR EACH TO GIVE/ WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL?/ WHO DIE IF ENGLAND LIVE? The plinth/die is inscribed in Gothic upper and lower case in relief and reads: [west elevation] Slough/ Town Memorial/ to the honour of / ALMIGHTY GOD/ and in the memory of the men/ who gave their lives/ in the Great War; [south elevation] Translated from the/ Warfare of the world/ into the peace of God; [east elevation] Upon the base/ of this memorial are/ inscribed the names of/ men from Slough/ who fell in the Great/ War 1914-1918 +; [north elevation] Faithful unto death their name liveth for evermore. An additional dedication was added to the west face of the plinth/die to commemorate The Fallen of the Second World War and reads: AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS TOWN WHO HAVE SINCE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE. The remaining inscriptions are on twelve Portland stone panels forming the drum pedestal and list the names of the war dead in the form of first name, middle initial(s) and surname
Grade II (England)
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