Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Brighton
Town
Brighton
County
East Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Post-1945 war or conflict
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 7 October 1922
    Attended by: RT HON EARL BEATTY OM GCB GCVO DSO
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
16849

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Current location

North Steine Gardens
Old Steine
Brighton
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1EH
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 31326 04079
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A LARGE MEMORIAL POOL WITH A FOUNTAIN IN THE CENTRE. AT ONE END OF THE POOL IS A COLONNADE OF FOUR-SIDED STONE COLUMNS IN A STEPPED U-SHAPE. AT THE CENTRE IS A SEMI-ENCLOSED TEMPLE FORMED BY A TALL RECTANGULAR PANEL OF STONE FILLING THE SPACE BETWEEN TWO COLUMNS AND A ROOF SURMOUNTED BY A SMALL STONE DOME. THEATRES OF WW1 ARE CARVED IN THE STONE PANEL FACING THE POND AND ON THE INSIDE OF THE TEMPLE SPACE THERE IS A METAL INSCRIPTION PLAQUE AND A STONE ALTAR TABLE. UPPER PART OF THE DEDICATORY PANEL HAS A WREATH AND FESTOON OF LAURELS. FOUR SMALLER PANELS ON THE FRIEZE CONTINA THE ARMS OF THE CHIEF COUNTY TOWNS
Inscription
A GOOD LIFE HATH ITS NUMBER OF DAYS, BUT A GOOD NAME SHALL CONTINUE FOR EVER Metal plaque: THE MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED/ TO THE/ SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF BRIGHTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ AND SUBSEQUENT CAMPAIGNS/ THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED/ IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE/ IN THE/ PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2600
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2600
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Post-1945 war or conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Colonnade
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Fountain
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
  • BRIGHTON WAR MEMORIAL
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
2002: PANELS STAINED AND THE INSCRIPTIONS BECOMING FAINT 1999: 26 Aug. Listed Grade II.
Costs

Memorial: c£3,000.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Brighton & Hove City Council
Reference
  • ID 480999
  • The Kings England Series by Mee, Arthur 'Sussex: The Garden by the Sea' (1938) pp.62-62 E A Mackintosh, the war poet, included on the memorial.
  • The Argus June-July 2007 Various cuttings about proposal that the name of Cpl Stephen Prior, killed in the Falklands Conflict be added to the memorial.
  • Carter Postcard Collection ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/controversy-over-adding-a-new-name/

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