Women who Fell in WW2, and Men and Women of the Home Front

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Reference WMO/264198

Address:

Peace Walk

Victoria Park

Victoria Park Road

Leicester

LE1 7RY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stone of remembrance
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone of Remembrance with inset metal plaque and an additional metal plaque
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Inset Plaque IN MEMORY OF WOMEN 1939-1945/ TRIBUTE TO THE LADIES WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE BRITISH/ ISLANDS, AND THE MEN & WOMEN THAT/ FOUGHT ON THE HOME FRONT./ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. Additional Plaque TO THE LADIES OF WORLD WAR 2 (1939-1945) / SALUTE TO THE WOMEN OF THE WAR AND WOMEN AND MEN / ON THE HOME FRONT / OUR GIRLS ONCE THEY WATCHED THEIR MEN MARCHING AWAY / WAVED AND WAITED / NOW THEY TOO MARCH AWAY ARMS SWINGING CHINS UP / MARCH TO WAR / TO GREASE AND GRIME - WITH FAIR HANDS / TO BLITZ AND BARRAGE WITH BRIGHT EYES / THEY DRIVE THE LORRY THEY LOAD THE BOMBS / ON CHART AND PLAN THEY SEND THEM FORTH / THEY BRING THEM HOME / THROUGH SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND WEARY DAYS / THEY TOIL AND FIGHT AND STILL THEY LAUGH. OUR GIRLS THE FEARLESS GITLS OF FFREEDOM / WORKED THE LAND / THEY MADE THE BULLETS WITH FAIR HANDS / WILL CORBETT EX RAF NURSE

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