War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

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A statue of a soldier, with right arm raised holding a helmet and the left hand holding a rifle, atop an architectural plinth inscribed with names of the fallen.
Title

War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

Portland stone, bronze & marble

Measurements

H 182 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 457 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

BN11_ECM_S023

Acquisition method

erected by public subscription raised by the Worthing Gazette

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Worthing Borough Council

Custodian

Worthing Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

11th April 1921

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on the back: THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / RAISED THROUGH THE WORTHING GAZETTE / IT WAS UNVEILED BY / FIELD MARSHALL SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON BART.. G.C.B. / ON 11TH APRIL 1921; on the front: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-1918 / DUTY NOBLY DONE; on the right face: OTHER CONFLICTS / STANFORD R.U. / LOVETT G.K. / PEARCE J.E.; at the bottom of the plinth: ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1939-1945

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Located at

Chapel Road, Worthing

BN11 1HJ

Located at the corner of Chapel Road with Stoke Abbott Road.