Mountsorrel war memorial

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Mountsorrel war memorial by Richard Law as part of the Geograph project.

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Mountsorrel war memorial

Image: © Richard Law Taken: 14 Aug 2019

Erected in 1926 and designed by Shirley Harrison; it commemorates the 73 fallen townsmen who died in WWI, with a subsequent plaque to the further deaths of WWII. It was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101228043-war-memorial-mountsorrel#.XZ5HbEZKjIU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1228043 in 1984.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.728977
Longitude
-1.139318