TO THE MEN OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE
AND THE ISLE OF ELY, THE BOROUGH
AND UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914–1919
AND IN THE WORLD WAR
1939–1945

A monument erected in 1922 to commemorate the Cambridge men fighting in the First World War. The monument showing a soldier returning from the battlefield, in his hand a helmet and also a rose (in addition to the rose at his foot) and a laurel wreath on his rifle, was made by Robert Tait McKenzie.
The soldier character was modeled after a Christ’s College student named Kenneth Hamilton
After World War II, the bottom line was added to the sign, indicating this war as well.
Above the sign is a symbol of Alma Mater Cantabrigia, a mark of Cambridge University students who have passed their exams.

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