War Memorial, Breedon on the Hill
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 14 December 2020
On our September trip last year after we left Calke Abbey we headed for the small village of Breedon on the Hill, Derbyshire, as it featured in a book we have of picturesque British villages and it was quite near.
On the way into the village we passed a quarry entrance emblazoned with the name Breedon Aggregates which I have seen on lorries and up until that point had not connected with a specific place, rather thinking the company’s name had come from a founder.
The village itself is nice enough but not outstanding I’d have said.
It did however have a distinctive War Memorial in the form of a circular stone building surmounted by a dome and cross:-
The gate to the interior is inscribed, “Lest we forget,” round a metal poppy:-
Behind the inscription is a dedication plaque:-
The written dedication is to the right of the gate, “Erected to the memory of the men of Breedon on the Hill who gave their lives in the Grteat War 1914 – 1919, then 1939 – 1945 followed by two names. The stone at the foot of the Memorial is inscribed, “We will remember them.”
Further view:-
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