Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- West Wiltshire
- Town
- Trowbridge
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Percy George Bentham ARBS (Sculptor)
A N Prentice FRIBA (Architect)
J W Singer and Sons Ltd (Manufacturer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th August 1921
Attended by: FM Lord Methuen GCB GCMG GCVO GCB CB CMG
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3097
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Current location
Behind Town Hall and Market
Trowbridge Park
St. Stephen's Place
Trowbridge
West Wiltshire
Wiltshire
BA14 7EH
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 85773 57767
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Helmeted soldier holding rifle with bayonet on pedestal, on three-stepped plinth. Inscription is surrounded by wreath. Bronze name plaques for WW1; two metal ones for WW2. Memorial is surrounded by metal fence with a gate.
- Inscription
- TO / OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / (Names on all four faces)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrams, H
Adlam, Tp
Alford, G
Amber, Aj
Andrews, J
Andrews, J
Angel, Fm
Anoell, Jl
Ash, Ae
Atkinson, R
See details for all 391 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 289
Served and returned: 0
Died: 289
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial, surname, rank
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 102
Served and returned: 0
Died: 102
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal, Bronze
- Figure
- Listing information
- 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
- Trowbridge War Memorial
- WMO ID: 159507
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- WW2 plaques added 1946
- Costs
Site: free
Memorial: £2435- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Trowbridge Council
- Reference
- Wiltshire Times 7 Feb. 1920 p.2; 14 Jan. 1922 p.3
- Trowbridge Reference Library, The Trowbridge Roll of Honour
- From the Bath and Wilts Chronicle and Herald, 50 Years Ago, 27 December 1996
- Carter Postcard Collection
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