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Title
Stanway War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
local stone & bronze
Accession number
GL54_JC_S044
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Wemyss family and a committee of parishioners
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
30th October 1920
Listing date
07/09/87
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the right side of the square-section collar near the top of the column: FRANCE.; on the reverse of the square-section collar near the top of the column: EGYPT AND / GALLIPOLI.; front face of plinth: MEN OF STANWAY / 1914 - 1918 / FOR A TOMB / THEY HAVE AN ALTAR / FOR LAMENTATION / MEMORY / AND FOR PITY / PRAISE (from the Greek poet Simonides).; right side of plinth: (six names) and the left side: (five names).; reverse of plinth: FOR YOUR / TO-MORROW / WE GAVE / OUR TO-DAY