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Cogenhoe
Town or City: Cogenhoe
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2118
Value of grant: £340.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2014
UKNIWM reference number: 37410
The war memorial consists of a rectangular tablet surrounded by a classical surround which has flanking stone pilasters which support a convex pediment stone. Craved in relief in the centre of the pediment is a cross. The memorial is part of the fabric of the St Peters Centre, Village Green, Cogenhoe.
In 2014 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £340 for repair and conservation w
orks. The memorial was carefully cleaned to remove soiling and biological growth and defective construction joints were re-pointed with a lime based mortar, to stop water ingress into the memorial. Finally the incised inscription were re-painted as the existing paint had started to flake off and the inscription was becoming difficult to read.
Cogenhoe war memorial was erected in 1921, in its original location in Station Road on the site of the former village school. In 1973 the memorial was re-located to its present location to make way for road alterations.
The main inscription on the memorial reads:
“Honour to heroes
in ever grateful remembrance of
the following men
connected with this village who gave
their lives in the Great War”
“True love by life true love by death is tried
Live thou for England we for England died
1939-45”
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2118
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 37410
War Memorials Online: 87034
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
