Cheltenham

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Reference WMO/154825

Address:

The Promenade

Cheltenham

GL50 9SA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Facing the Borough Council Offices and surrounded by gardens. Main pillar has WW1 casualties and separate balustrade has plaques for WW2. Additional small plaques for post WW2. Condition reasonable - repairs planned for 2014 by Council
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REMEMBER THE MEN OF CHELTENHAM WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR YOU IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919. IF THEY WERE STRANGERS TO ONE ANOTHER HERE IN THEIR COMMON HOME, THEY SERVED AND WROUGHT AND DIED IN MANY LANDS NEAR AND FAR AS A BAND OF BROTHERS. LEARN FROM THEM SO AS TO LIVE AND DIE THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THEM AND ARE NO MORE SEEN, YOU MAY, LIKE THEM, BE REMEMBERED AND REGRETTED/ (NAMES)

Grade II (England)

1435242

Central (Cheltenham)

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Cheltenham Borough Council