Alton - WW1 and WW2

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Reference WMO/102973

Address:

Alton High Street

East Hampshire District

Alton

GU34 1BA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cairn
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Rock/Rough Stone Rock/Rough Stone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Rough stone cairn with names on bronze plaque. The buildings behind are also deemed to be part of the memorial according to the IWM archive. - "The cairn is formed of cornish granite blocks with dedicatory plaque placed on one side. The inscription is in relief. A step is at the base of the plaque. Behind the cairn is a flag pole. The flag was to be flown at half mast on request by any relative on the anniversary of the death of any of those commemorated The public buildings are the former Mechanics Institute and the Assembly Rooms which were privately owned up to that point. The Mechanics Institute agreed to gift their building so it could be used as a Public Library Reading Room. The Assembly Rooms (now the Curtis Museum) were also handed over to public ownership to be used as civic offices. A dedicatory tablet was set into the wall of each building to mark their status as part of the Alton war memorial." (c WMR 21091)
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Cairn: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914 - 1919 / (Names) / 1939 - 1945 / (Names) / THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE Assembly Rooms: ALTON ASSEMBLY ROOMS/ PRESENTED TO THE TOWN/ BY MESSRS/ GERALD & GOODWYN HALL/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/ VICTORIES WHICH THE ALLIES GAINED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919 Mechanics Institute: (Unknown)

Grade II (England)

1389298

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