Coalville War Memorial Clock Tower
World War I, World War II
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ContributeClock tower with stone top and main shaft faced with Staffordshire multi-coloured bricks in cement. Clock set at top of each face with stone laurel leaves carved around them and stone tablets bearing inscriptions arranged around sides. Main inscription tablets (two, flanking door) and three WW1 tablets above four WW2 ones all of Cornish Granite and with leaded lettering. Unveiled Saturday 30 October 1925 by Mrs Chas. Booth, Gracedieu Manor; dedicated by Canon Walters. Cost 2250 pounds. Two small stones of remembrance carrying post-1945 names were added near to the memorial in 2014.
Location
Clocktower Memorial Square - Coalville
Grid Reference: SK4224314462
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Inscription Reads
THIS TOWER WAS
ERECTED
BY THE
INHABITANTS
OF THE
DISTRICT
IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN
WHO WENT FROM
THE
COALVILLE URBAN
AREA
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
[NAMES]
WHO, TO THEIR IMPERISHABLE HONOUR,
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 18.
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
[NAMES]
WHO, TO THEIR IMPERISHABLE HONOUR,
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945.