How you can use this image

This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).

Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.

The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

Large squat obelisk on a chamfered base. There are inscription panels on each side of the obelisk, those to the First World War are integral to the stone, those to the Second World War are attached. The obelisk has carved panels at the top depicting the symbols of Sacrifice, Endurance, Victory and Courage and is surmounted by a granite sculpted stylised eternal lamp on a moulded base. Bronze lettering and a bronze frieze of laurels are applied to the granite at the top of the obelisk.

Title

War Memorial

Date

1922

Medium

granite

Accession number

EX23_TJ_S010

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

09/09/85

Access

at all times

Inscription description

around the four sides, at the top of the obelisk: SACRIFICE / ENDURANCE / VICTORY / COURAGE; around base: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / TO THE MEN OF THIS PLACE / WHO FOUGHT AND DIED / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918; plaques on sides listing soldiers' names

Read less