British Empire WW1 Memorial

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Reference WMO/258023

Address:

National Memorial Arboretum

Poppy Zone

Croxall Road

Alrewas

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Rock
Materials:
  • Rock/Rough Stone Rock/Rough Stone
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A rough cut sandstone (?) rock with quotation & dedication on smooth front face. Remembers 956,903 dead.
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[Front face]: "THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD:/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/ NOR THE "YEARS CONDEMN,/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!"/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ 956,703/ BRITISH EMPIRE MEN AND WOMEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-1919 [Rear face]: "HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN YET?.../ LOOK DOWN AND SWEAR/ BY THE SLAIN OF THE WAR,/ THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET"./ (SIEGFRIED SASSOON)

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