Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Kennet
- Town
- Tidworth
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- VIVIEN MALLOCK (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22 March 1998
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24235
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Current location
A338
Tidworth
Kennet
Wiltshire
SP9 7SU
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 23586 48582
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sculpture of First World War Other Ranks soldier standing with kit bag in left hand. Sculpture surmounts stone plinth. Plinth with incised inscription and incised down turned sword centred below. Plinth mounted on single step base and whole set within a rectangular gravelled area.
- Inscription
- 6 O'Clock face: IN MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE FROM/ TIDWORTH/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND DIED IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY 12 O'Clock face: REQUIESCANT/ IN PACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Figure
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Tidworth
- WMO ID: 135463
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 06-06-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2011, 17th October: The sculpture was stolen between 2.40 am and 3.20 am.
- Costs
Comments: The Tidworth Royal British Legion launched the campaign to raise funds for the memorial.
Memorial: £9500- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Western Daily Press 24 March 1998
- Metro 27 Oct. 2011 Photo showing memorial and base after theft.
- Other website www.thisishampshire.net/news/9319763.Thieves_steal_war_memorial_statue/
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