Detail of an inscribed panel on the south face of the memorial to the Polish Special Forces, south-west of Audley End House

Date:
8 Aug 2011
Location:
Audley End, Polish Special Forces Memorial, Saffron Walden, Uttlesford, Essex
Reference:
DP141427
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The inscription reads, in translation, 'it is sweet and fitting to die for your country', a line from Horace's Ode III.2.13 which was also used satirically in the World War One poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/22025 Audley End Estate, Saffron Waldon, Essex; within the Volume: VF000234 Audley End, Saffron Waldon, Essex; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Payne, Patricia

Keywords

Stone Carving, Commemorative Monument