Market Street - Ashby de la Zouch
World War I, World War II
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ContributeSwithland and Darley Dale stone (from Leicestershire and Derbyshire) with an arch containing a cross and a tiled hood. Railed front wall with gate and side lamps on stone plinths and metal columns. Entrance date includes words "Lest we forget". Unveiled by Lady Hood on 8 June 1922; dedicated by Lord Bishop of Peterborough. Cost c.650 pounds.
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Market Street - Ashby de la Zouch
Grid Reference: SK3564716748
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Inscription Reads
FRONT: 1914 - 1918
ERECTED TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN UNDYING REMEMBERENCE
OF THE MEN OF ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
[NAMES]
1939 - 1945
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
[NAMES] REAR: IN THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST
AND TO THE GLORY OF GOD
WE DEDICATE
THIS STONE OF REMEMBRANCE
IN THE NAME OF
THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST
25TH JUNE 1966 AMEN
THIS SACRED PLACE WAS GIFTED
TO THE ASHBY BRANCH OF
THE BRITISH LEGION
BY
THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENTS
AND
THE LATE AE CAPPER
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
IN THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM