Cranleigh School Memorial

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Reference WMO/250109

Address:

Cranleigh School

Horseshoe Lane

Cranleigh

GU6 8QQ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Figure sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Other
About the memorial: Entitled Leaving, the dramatic sculpture is surrounded by sweeping glass panels engraved with the names of 384 former pupils who have fallen in battle during the School’s history. The sculptor Nicholas Dimbleby said: “My client for this commission has been the children, in particular those of school leaving age – whose predecessors one hundred years ago walked straight into war. Through conversations with these young people it became apparent that the desire for peace greatly outweighs the ‘nobility of death in battle’ and that therefore this should not be a ‘generic’ memorial,Nicholas Dimbleby with his new War Memorial, Cranleigh, Britain - 29 June 2016 simply a listing of the fallen. This age is much more sceptical. Alongside leaving and service to the outside world, the sculptural element of this memorial is intended to convey vulnerability and the devastation of war. It is entirely right that the figure should be an unclothed youth. It shows us in our most vulnerable state of being.” Engraved in the stone are the conventional words of commemoration ‘We will remember them’, seemingly damaged by gunfire to represent the destruction caused by World War Two. Also W.H. Auden’s foreboding ‘We must love one another or die.’ The names of the 384 are etched onto a glass balustrade around the memorial, which itself stands outside the 1869 Chapel.
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