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Reference WMO/142487

Address:

Market Place

High Street

Ely

CB2 3PA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Shrine
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • 20th Century Wars
About the memorial: Arched and domed alcove within the rough stone wall to the Almonry. Dome has two decorative arch braces which split the roof into three sections. Each roof section supports three plaques with names (nine in total). Below these plaques is a foliate cornice. Four larger plaques with names are mounted on the alcove wall. At centre is a bronze cross inset into the wall. There is a total of 13 plaques with inscription and names within the alcove. The lower wall has an inscription above a shelf for plants. This shelf is supported by stone brackets.
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On roof section: (Names) / IN MEMORY OF / THE FALLEN FROM / 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY / (Names) / REMEMBER / WITH / GRATITUDE / THE MEN / WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR / LIVES / 1939 - 1945 / (Names) // Centre walls: (Names) / REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE / THE MEN WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (Names) // Above stone shelf: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY / DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS //

224 WW1 names 92 WW2 names

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