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Title
Cenotaph
Date
1932
Medium
Portland stone, ashlar & bronze
Measurements
H 630 x W 280 x D 350 cm
Accession number
BS1_PF_S018
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Bristol City Council
Custodian
Bristol City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
04/03/77
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscriptions on the north side, facing away from the city centre, in cast numerals: 1914 / 1918 / 1939 / 1945; in raised roman capitals on a bronze plaque: SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF BRISTOL’S SONS AND / DAUGHTERS WHO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE; below, in smaller caps: THEY DIED THAT MANKIND MIGHT LEARN TO LIVE IN PEACE; on the south side, facing the city centre, in cast numerals: 1914 / 1919 / 1939 / 1945; in raised roman capitals on a bronze plaque: “O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME, / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE-FLAME; / TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED, / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED. / SPLENDID YOU PASSED THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE, / INTO THE LIGHT THAT NEVERMORE SHALL FADE; / ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR, ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE / TO SAVE MANKIND, YOURSELVES YOU SCORNED TO SAVE.”; on this plaque are two downward-pointing torches, a Roman funerary symbol
