Burslem War Memorial

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Reference WMO/155364

Address:

Swan Square

Burslem

Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 3EA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: This war memorial was constructed in Swan Square, Burslem between 1920 and 1924 to commemorate the First World War. Built from stone, it is approximately one storey high with a plinth style base. There are two steps at the base of the structure, upon which six stone flower urns stand. There are floral wreath style decorated stone mouldings at the rear and sides of the memorial with a half statue soldier figure at the front set in a recessed panel with '1914 - 1918' inscribed above. An inscription on the south side reads: 'They died that others might live'. There is a further inscription on another side reading: 'Burslem's memorial to her heroic sons. 1914 - 1918. 1939 - 1945'.
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An inscription on the south side reads: 'They died that others might live'. There is a further inscription on another side reading: 'Burslem's memorial to her heroic sons. 1914 - 1918. 1939 - 1945'.

It is signed R Mellor who was the stone mason and my great grand dad

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Grade II (England)

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