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TL4557 : War Memorial Cambridge

taken 10 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

War Memorial Cambridge
War Memorial Cambridge
Outside the Botanic Gardens in Hills Road, installed in 2013. LinkExternal link
War Memorials

Many war memorials appeared in British towns and cities after the South African War of 1899-1902 (known popularly as the Boer War), but most were constructed after the First World War, known to contemporaries as the Great War (1914-19). These were updated after the Second World War (1939-45), usually by adding a plaque with the names of those killed in that conflict. Almost every town and village in Britain has a memorial erected after the Great War, the commonest types taking the form of a cross, an obelisk or a statue of a soldier. Some occupy a prominent public space; others stand in the local cemetery or can be found inside the local church. Memorials usually commemorate the inhabitants of a particular locality, the former pupils of a school, or the members of a military unit or branch of the armed forces. Other memorials, often bronze plaques placed indoors, commemorate the employees of a private company or public institution.

Hills Road

Hills Road is an arterial road (part of the A1307) in southeast Cambridge. It runs between Regent Street at the junction with Lensfield Road and Gonville Place (the A603) to the northwest and a roundabout by the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, continuing as Babraham Road (also part of the A1307) to the southeast.
On the corner with Lensfield Road is the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs. To the west of the road is the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus is to the southwest of the roundabout at the southeastern end, at the edge of the city and houses Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Also on Hills Road are:
Homerton College
The Perse School
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Church of St John the Evangelist

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is located in Cambridge. It lies between Trumpington Road to the west and Hills Road to the east, close to Cambridge railway station. The garden covers an area of 16 hectares. The site is almost entirely on level ground and in additional to its scientific value, the garden is highly rated by gardening enthusiasts. It holds 10 National Collections. The garden was created for the University of Cambridge in 1831 by Professor John Stevens Henslow and was opened to the public in 1846.
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TL4557, 2240 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Paul Gillett   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 16 June, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 17 June, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 45768 57333 [1m precision]
WGS84: 52:11.6981N 0:7.8751E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 45773 57325
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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