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The Main Memorial
A Triumphal arch and gateway flanked by colonnade with terraces overlooking the river trent. Three arched openings filled with ornamental wrought iron gates. Set in 2.7 hectares of memorial garden. City coat of arms in high relief above the main cornice. © WMR-28
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This description is from: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/147236
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The memorial stands in the eastern part of the Grade II-registered Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment, Nottingham. The eastern arc of the gateway and colonnade overlooks the River Trent, whilst the gateway is aligned to the central ornamental pond of the Memorial Gardens to the west. The Portland stone memorial comprises a c14m high and c18m wide Doric triumphal triple arch, flanked by curving colonnade walls that are c6m high and c26m long with intermediate pedestals. A further bronze plaque on the central arch reproduces in full Marshal Foch’s 1918 tribute to the Sherwood Foresters. The curving colonnades to either side comprise three bays each with a similarly decorated frieze, simple cornice and low parapet continuing to the end piers. The colonnades end in short returning walls, parallel to Victoria Embankment, with a final pier. The railings on the plinth, between the columns in each bay, are also continued along these returning walls. The terrace wall to the west, overlooking the ornamental pond and gardens, is listed at Grade II. c Historic England listing entry The central archway is c8m high and c5m wide, with the two arches either side being c6m high and c2.5m wide. On the eastern side the dates 1914 – 1918 (to the left) and 1939 – 1945 (to the right) are carved above the side arches. The arch openings are gated with ornamental wrought iron work, with the City coat of arms adorning the central gate. The frieze above bears the inscription VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS carved in relief, with triglyphs and guttae centred above each of the arch’s columns. The strongly projecting cornice with dentils and mutule band carries a parapet on which, to the centre, the City arms are carved in relief. The western side of the arch, facing the garden, is treated slightly differently, with squared engaged columns supporting a freize of triglyphs and metopes below the cornice. The parapet is un-decorated on this side. Bronze plaques, with inscriptions cast in relief, are fixed to the interior walls of the archway:
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Note: VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS - Virtue outlives death Nottingham Coat of Arms
The Main Memorials of the Gardens
In the UK, there are several key occasions when we remember and honour those who served and sacrificed their lives in the **First and Second World Wars**, as well as other conflicts. The main remembrance events include:
Remembrance Sunday & Armistice Day (11 November)
- Armistice Day (11 November) – Marks the end of WWI at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. A two-minute silence is observed at 11 am.
- Remembrance Sunday – The second Sunday in November, featuring ceremonies at the war memorials
- Poppies (worn as a symbol of remembrance) are sold by the **Royal British Legion** in the weeks leading up to these events.
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day – 8 May)
- Commemorates the end of WWII in Europe (8 May 1945). Major celebrations occurred in 1995 (50th anniversary) and 2020 (75th anniversary), though it is not as widely observed as Remembrance Sunday.
D-Day (6 June)
- Marks the **Allied invasion of Normandy (6 June 1944)** during WWII. Significant anniversaries (e.g., the 75th in 2019) see ceremonies in the UK and France, with veterans in attendance. The UK holds smaller commemorations, including at the **National Memorial Arboretum** in Staffordshire.
VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day – 15 August)
- Commemorates Japan’s surrender, ending WWII (15 August 1945). The UK holds occasional major commemorations (e.g., the 75th anniversary in 2020).
Battle of Britain (15 September)
- Honors the RAF’s victory over the Luftwaffe in 1940. The **Battle of Britain Day** includes memorial flights and services.
Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)
- A day to remember the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, as well as genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.
The D-Day Landings
Just to the right of Queen Victorias statue (North-East'ish) is a rose dedicated to those lost in the D-Day campaign.
The Holocaust
The Southern Round Flower bed with surrounding rose beds is dedicated to remembering all the victims of the Holocaust.
The Nottinghamshire & Nottinghamshire Victoria Cross Memorial
The Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour
A stone of remembrance moved from the Nottingham Castle Grounds to the Memorial Gardens in 2019.
Crimean War (1853-1856), Indian Mutiny (1857-1858), Anglo-Zulu War (1879), Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899), Boer War; Second (1899-1902), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/61421
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Images: Brian Drummond (https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/119282/Memorial-VC-Receivers-Nottingham-and-Nottinghamshire.htm)
The names of 13,435 identified Nottinghamshire Great War fatalities on this data base are placed on a new memorial, designed by Letts Wheeler of Nottingham, which was unveiled in June 2019.
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Constructed on Nottingham’s Victoria Embankment next to the memorial built between 1923 and 1927 on land bequeathed in perpetuity by Jesse Boot. Principally funded by Nottinghamshire County and Nottingham City Councils, this project also received financial support from Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark & Sherwood and Rushcliffe District Councils along with generous corporate and private donations.
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