Tunbridge Wells

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Reference WMO/120990

Address:

Mount Pleasant Road

Royal Tunbridge Wells

TN1 1JN

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone wall with bronze figure and plaques. Set within a low retaining wall facing out towards Mount Pleasant, and in front of Tunbridge Wells' civic complex, which includes the town hall and the public library and museum, the memorial takes the form of a smooth-faced stone wall, set back approximately 1.5 metres from the pavement edge, with returning wings. To the centre of the wall is a raised plinth on which stands a bronze figure of a soldier, fully equipped for combat, his rifle with bayonet lowered and held in both hands across his body. The soldier's helmet is at his feet. A laurel wreath is carved in relief below. The wall is lined with bronze plaques bearing the Roll of Honour. On each of the flanking wings is a bronze lamp with a laurel garland carved beneath c Historic England Listing entry
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The following inscription is spelt-out in bronze letters on the plinth: OUR GORIOUS DEAD / 1914 - 1918 / HONOUR GRATITUDE / PRAISE / 1939 - 1945.

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Grade II (England)

https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1401309

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