A Son of the Rock

Bath’s War Memorial lies just down from the Royal Crescent at the junction of Royal Avenue and Queen’s Parade Place. It takes the form of a memorial wall with a Cross of Sacrifice before it:-

The inscription on the cross reads:-

To the left of the memorial is a plaque in memory of those who died in air raids on the city:-

The first plaques on the left of the memorial wall are a Great War addendum plus a dedication to Forces, Civil Defence and Special PCs:-

Continuing from left to right are the Great War Names:-

The Great War Dedication, “They died for us, men of Bath who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” lies above the name plaques:-

Middle Great War plaque (World War 2 dedication below):-

Final Great War plaque:-

Second World War Names:-

Plaque to civilians and Service personnel:-

Post 1945 dedication and names:-