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A bronze winged Victory sculpture, with head slightly downcast, wearing a loose, flowing dress. She holds a quill in her left hand and a laurel wreath in her right. The statue stands atop a layered plinth of Cornish granite.

Title

War Memorial

Date

1924

Medium

bronze & granite

Measurements

H 200 x W 50 x D 50 cm;
Plinth: H 440 x W 440 x D 100 cm

Accession number

CO15_TJ_S172

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

1924

Listing date

03/07/17

Access

at all times

Inscription description

the front face of the upper section reads: 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945; the middle: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / THOSE BRAVE MEN OF CLACTON / WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR; and the lower bears a plaque reading: THIS MEMORIAL IS ALSO DEDICATED / TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO / HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN / ALL OTHER CONFLICTS.; both the right and left faces of the plinth bear a bronze wreath, with plaques listing the names of the fallen of the First World War (right) and Second World War (left); the whole stands on a two-step base.

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