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Reference WMO/107041

Address:

Litten Gardens

St Pancras Road

Chichester

PO19 8EY

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Grade II Listed on 2nd Nov. 2015. The memorial is on the southern side of Litten Gardens on a circular mound surrounded by a limestone dwarf wall with four access paths. Designed by architects Unsworth & Triggs and built from Portland stone by mason E F Perriman of Petersfield. Originally unveiled by Field Marshall Sir William R Robertson Bart GCB GCMG KCVO DSO in Eastgate Square in July 1921 but later relocated to Litten Gardens in 1940. The memorial is octagonal in shape and has names of First World War fallen carved into 16 vertical tablets forming the base of the monument. After the Second World War four horizontal stone tablets were added at the base of the monument recording the names of the fallen from this conflict.
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IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF CHICHESTER WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/1939-1945

353 from the First World War, representing 60 different military units.255 from the Second World War. For detailed list of names on the memorial see the website http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Chichester.html

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