Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Town
- Stanway
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Eric Gill ARA (Mason)
SIR PHILIP SCOTT (Architect)
ALEXANDER FISHER (Sculptor) - Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20854
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Current location
ROADSIDE
B4077
Stanway
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 061 322
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- FIGURE OF ST GEORGE SPEARING A DRAGON, WHICH IS WOUND AROUND A SQUAT STONE PILLAR. SQUARE PLINTH BEARS NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. ON FOUR STEPPED BASE
- Inscription
- MEN OF STANWAY/ 1914 - 1918/ FOR A TOMB/ THEY HAVE AN ALTAR/ FOR LAMENTATIONS/ MEMORY/ FOR PITY/ PRAISE/ (NAMES)/ FOR YOUR/ TO-MORROW/ WE GAVE/ OUR TO-DAY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cotswold - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Pillar
- Listing information
- Stanway 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
- Condition
- STANWAY
- WMO ID: 103207
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 13-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Sandstone plinth is weathered in some areas and lettering difficult to read.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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