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Title
Stansted War Memorial
Date
1923 / 1996
Medium
bronze & stone
Accession number
TN15_RL_S004
Acquisition method
gift from G. F. Hollier K.C.M.P
Work type
Statue
Owner
Stansted Parish Council
Custodian
Stansted Parish Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
30/05/84
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front face: GOD OF OUR FATHERS KNOWN OF OLD / LORD OF OUR FAR-FLUNG BATTLE LINE / BENEATH WHOSE AWFUL HAND WE HOLD / DOMINION OVER PALM AND PINE - / LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET / LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET! / THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING DIES / THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS DEPART / STILL STANDS THINE ANCIENT SACRIFICE. / AN HUMBLE AND A CONTRITE HEART / LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET / LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET! / FAR-FLUNG OUR NAVIES MELT AWAY / ON DUNE AND HEADLAND SINKS THE FIRE / LO ALL OUR POMP OF YESTERDAY / IS ONE WITH NINEVEH AND TYRE / JUDGE OF THE NATIONS SPARE US YET / LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET! / IF DRUNK WITH SIGHT OF POWER WE LOOSE / WILD TONGUES THAT HAVE NOT THEE IN AWE / SUCH BOASTING AS THE GENTILES USE / OR LESSER BREEDS WITHOUT THE LAW / LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET / LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET! / FOR HEATHEN HEART THAT PUTS HER TRUST / IN REEKING TUBE AND IRON SHARE / ALL VALIANT DUST THAT BUILDS ON DUST / AND GUARDING CALLS NOT THEE TO GUARD / FOR FRANTIC BOAST AND FOOLISH WORD / THY MERCY ON THY PEOPLE LORD!; back face: PRESENTED / TOGETHER WITH THE LAND / TO THE / PARISH COUNCIL OF STANSTED / BY / G.F. HOLLIER. ESQ. K.C.M.P.