Shakespeare Hotel - WW1 Commemorative Stone

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Reference WMO/85908

Address:

Shakespeare Hotel

Chapel Street

To the left of entrance door,

Stratford upon Avon,

CV37 6ER

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Lettering: Incised
About the memorial: Portrait orientated tablet describing the restoration of the Shakespeare Hotel in memory to the fallen of the Great War. The building which dates to the 16th century is Grade II* listed and the tablet is set into front wall of hotel, to the lower left hand side of the main entrance doorway. Incised inscription infilled with white paint.
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THIS STONE WAS LAID / BY / SIR FRANK R. BENSON / (FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH) / ON MARCH 12th 1920 / AT THE REQUEST OF / THE JUSTINS FAMILY / BY WHOM THIS BUILDING / WAS RESTORED / IN MEMORY OF / THE GALLANT MEN / OF STRATFORD ON AVON / WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR / KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918

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