Chippenham Cenotaph

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Reference WMO/184410

Address:

Market Place

Chippenham

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Limestone
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Fine masonry cenotaph flanked on both sides by piers and balustrades. Square plinth and two stepped base. Renaissance columns at each corner supporting an entablature and casque. Wreaths encircling the top of each pilaster. 1921, designed by George Parker Pearson, engineer of Chippenham incorporating at the rear the remains of the town fountain (1879 by W Galsworthy Davis) and animal trough.
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PRO GLORIA PATRIAE/ ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF THIS BOROUGH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) THIS/ TABLET/ WAS PLACED/ BY THE/ EX-SERVICEMEN/ OF CHIPPENHAM/ IN REMEMBRANCE/ OF THEIR/ COMRADES WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND/ COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) THE GULF WAR 1991/ (NAME)

Grade II (England)

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