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The memorial consists of a Portland stone obelisk, square on plan, rising from a large square plinth set on a three-stepped base. The plinth has a raised carving of the borough coat of arms on its west face and bears the incised inscriptions of the names of the fallen from the First World War on the other three sides. On the east face of the obelisk is a wreath encircling the hilt of a reversed sword, carved in relief, with the dates '1914' and '1919' either side of the blade.

Title

War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

stone

Accession number

GL50_JC_S055

Work type

War memorial

Custodian

Cheltenham Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

06/06/16

Access

at all times

Inscription description

REMEMBER THE MEN OF CHELTENHAM WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR YOU IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919. IF THEY WERE STRANGERS TO ONE ANOTHER HERE IN THEIR COMMON HOME, THEY SERVED AND WROUGHT AND DIED IN MANY LANDS NEAR AND FAR AS A BAND OF BROTHERS. LEARN FROM THEM SO AS TO LIVE AND DIE THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THEM AND ARE NO MORE SEEN, YOU MAY, LIKE THEM, BE REMEMBERED AND REGRETTED / (NAMES)

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