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The figure of a young soldier strides forward, smiling and waving his cap in the air. His gun hangs by his side in his left hand, his helmet lies on the ground beside his feet. The figure stands on a shallow bronze base mounted on a rectangular pedestal fitted on all four sides with bronze relief panels. The relief facing the river depicts two naval officers looking out to sea from the bridge of a ship, one looking through a telescope, the other pointing into the distance. The north side relief contains two female figures in profile, one dressed as a nurse, the other in military uniform. The west side relief contains three airmen in hats and goggles standing in a group, with a propeller and an aircraft wheel visible to the right. A row of dentils runs below each panel.
Title
Twickenham War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
bronze & stone
Measurements
H 225 x W 95 x D 95 cm;
Plinth: H 225 x W 96 x D 96 cm
Accession number
TW1_CW_S005
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Richmond on Thames London Borough Council
Custodian
Richmond on Thames London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
2nd November 1921
Listing date
05/04/17
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on bronze base, to figure's left hand side: MORTIMER BROWN R.B.S. 1921; on bronze base, to rear: J.W. SINGER & SONS LTD. / BRONZE FOUNDERS / FROME
Inscription description
the smallest panel on the south side is decorated with a crest and inscribed with the words: LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING FORWARD.; inscribed: on south side of pedestal: 1914 – 1918 / TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF TWICKENHAM / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE AND TO THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR OF 1939 – 1945