Brighton

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Reference WMO/107078

Address:

North Steine Gardens

The Old Steine

Brighton

BN1 1GY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Colonnade/cloister
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
About the memorial: War memorial to the men and women of Brighton who fell in the First World War. Dated 1922 on the borough coat of arms. By John W Simpson. Portland stone, bronze. Designed in the form of a Roman water garden, and having 3 parts: a shallow pool and fountain; a screen of columns along the north side of the pool, incorporating a small shrine; and 2 bronze pylons standing at the north-west and north-east corners of the screen. Simplified Classical style. The pool is roughly square in plan, but chamfered at the south-west and south-east corners, and has re-entrant angles at the other corners. Seen from the south, the screen has a domed centrepiece which carries on its face a panel inscribed 'HIGH SEAS/ NORTH SEAS/ HOME SEAS/ ARCTIC BALTIC/ MEDITERRANEAN/ FRANCE AND/ FLANDERS/ PALESTINE/ MESOPOTAMIA/ RUSSIA/ ITALY/ MACEDONIA/ DARDANELLES'; above this is the coat of arms of the borough of Brighton and a small dome. The screen consists of 3 bays either side of the centrepiece, with columns square in plan and plain except for incised vertical lines on the upper third; these support an entablature; and there are wings at the corners formed by 4 columns on a square plan, which create the re-entrant angles of the pool. From the north, the centrepiece is open below the dome and flanked by columns, which enclose an altar and bronze plaque stating the purposes of the memorial. The pylons are inscribed with the names of the 2,597 men and 3 women of Brighton who fell in the War. There is also a Kohima Epitaph plaque in the memorial area
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A GOOD LIFE HATH ITS NUMBER OF DAYS, BUT A GOOD NAME SHALL CONTINUE FOR EVER Metal plaque: THE MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED/ TO THE/ SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF BRIGHTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ AND SUBSEQUENT CAMPAIGNS/ THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED/ IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE/ IN THE/ PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER

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