Men of Stockwell

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Reference WMO/120318

Address:

Memorial Garden

Clapham Road

Stockwell

London

SW8 1UG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Clock tower
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The memorial consists of a clolck tower and small memorial garden on a traffic island between Clapham Road, Stockwell Road and South Lambeth Road.War memorial. Designed by Frank T Dear in 1920, unveiled 3rd May 1922 by Princess Alice Countess of Athlone. Neo Grecian style. Tower on plinth 45 feet high of portland stone, and altered towards base. Front has relief figure of Remembrance, in Greek mourning dress with inscription 'To the Stockwell men who served in the Great War'. Double doors set in moulded architrave with number '1914' to left and '1919' to right. Each face has moulded cornice and corner pilasters with mutule frieze and anthemion motif at base. Each side has a clock face with cornice on brackets above. 3-sides have rectangular window with leaded lights. A raised Greek key band separates the tower from the plinth. This has 9 panels with the names of the fallen. c Historic England listing entry
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TO THE STOCKWELL MEN WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ THESE WERE OUR SONS WHO DIED FOR OUR LANDS/ IN GLORY WILL THEY SLEEP AND ENDLESS SANCTITY/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (Names)

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Grade II (England)

https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1263507

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