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Institutions remember their dead
‘In proud and grateful memory of the services rendered… by rugby football players of Bristol’
Wording on the gates of the Memorial Ground, Horfield, 1920
Bristol was one of the last cities to put up a civic memorial to the dead of the First World War. The memorial in the centre of Bristol was unveiled in 1932, long after the war ended. Soldiers, sailors and airmen stood around the four sides of the memorial, and thousands of people filled the streets around for the service of dedication.
Other groups were quicker to act on the public desire to honour the dead. In 1921 Bristol Football (Rugby) Club dedicated its new stadium to the local rugby players who died in the war, recognising that ‘It was the young men of the country who won the war, and it was the sporting instinct that enabled them to do it.’ (Western Daily Press, 11 March 1920)
Parishes put up local war memorials, and churches, schools and workplaces put up Rolls of Honour, naming parishioners, pupils and employees who died in the war.
Bristol was one of the last cities to put up a civic memorial to the dead of the First World War. The memorial in the centre of Bristol was unveiled in 1932, long after the war ended. Soldiers, sailors and airmen stood around the four sides of the memorial, and thousands of people filled the streets around for the service of dedication.
Other groups were quicker to act on the public desire to honour the dead. In 1921 Bristol Football (Rugby) Club dedicated its new stadium to the local rugby players who died in the war, recognising that ‘It was the young men of the country who won the war, and it was the sporting instinct that enabled them to do it.’ (Western Daily Press, 11 March 1920)
Parishes put up local war memorials, and churches, schools and workplaces put up Rolls of Honour, naming parishioners, pupils and employees who died in the war.