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War memorial to those who died in the Crimean War (1853–1856). A mid-nineteenth century Russian Cannon on a gun carriage, captured at Sebastopol, is embedded in a rusticated stone plinth.

Title

Cannon War Memorial

Date

1858

Medium

cast iron & stone

Accession number

ME14_RL_S047

Acquisition method

gift from Lord Panmure the Secretary of War and George Wickham, Mayor of Maidstone, 1858

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Maidstone Borough Council

Custodian

Maidstone Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

02/08/74

Access

at all times

Inscription description

around the bottom of the plinth: LORD PANMURE SECRETARY OF WAR GEORGE WICKHAM MAYOR 1858; plaque at the base of the plinth: REMEMBRANCE SQUARE / 'Lest We Forget' / "I have many times asked myself / whether there can be more potent / advocates of peace on earth / through years to come than this / massed multitude of silent / witnesses to the desolation of war" / George V.

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