Eastergate Lion

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Reference WMO/198759

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At Roundabout of Fontwell Avenue, Nyton Road, Barnham Road and Church Lane (Junction of A29 and B2233

jct Barnham Road

Eastergate

Chichester

PO20 6RU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Animal Figure
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Unknown
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Sculptor Morris Harding RBS SO. Catafalque type structure built of solid stone blocks, six courses in height with the top course shaped to represent a mound on which a full sized lion sits. Below the lion's paws is a carved wreath surrounding a FOR VALOUR inscription carved in Art Nouveau style. Below this on the front face of the cenotaph is an eleven line inscription in bold and well spaced capitals defining the purpose of the memorial. Names carved round the base. A remarkably realistic effect at the rear is the handling of the lion's tail. The whole is a dignified piece of symbolism, somewhat in the manner of Lutyens, highly original in concept and imaginatively sited. Additions have been made for the Second World War. c Historic England listing entry
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ERECTED TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF EASTERGATE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

1914-1918 Baker, Charles Bowley, Albert Collins, Herbert Dewey, William Durham, John Everett, Ernest W Godley, Cecil Harding, Morris Hartley, Ernest Hyams, Alec H Jago, William Johnson, Wm Henry Johnson, Walter Johnson, Fredk King, William Legg, George Martin, Stanly CJ Parvin, Leonard Prince, Harry Sutch, George Tiffin Frank Wady, William G Walker, George Walker, Fredk Warne, William West, John Wooley, Arthur

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Grade II (England)

https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1274452

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