Southampton School of Art


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Reference WMO/301447

Address:

Southampton Art Gallery

Civic Centre

Commercial Road

Southampton

SO14 7LY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Paper Paper
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Book of Remembrance with dedicatory metal plaque. Beside the lifts at the entrance to the Lecture Theatre of the Art Gallery.
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PLAQUE: THIS MEMORIAL IS / DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO / WERE KILLED WHEN THE / SCHOOL OF ART HERE IN THE CIVIC CENTRE / WAS BOMBED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT DURING THE / SOUTHMAPTON BLITZ / 6 NOVEMBER 1940. / CREATED FROM PEOPLE'S MEMORIES BY CALLIGRAPHER, RICHARD KINDERSLEY. LEFT WALL, ABOVE LIFTS: THESE ARE THE ONES / I CRY FOR / EVERY REMEMBRANCE / DAY / (NAMES) BACK WALL: THE SIRENS / SOUNDED. RIGHT: LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE A L / A / D / D / E / R / / FALLING FROM THE PLANE / WE FELT A TREMENDOUS / SHUDDERING / OF THE BUILDING. ABOVE THE ENTRANCE: THAT / QUICK MEMORY / HAS STAYED WITH / ME IN ALL ITS / VIVIDNESS. / I LOST SOME / OF MY CLASSMATES. / IT WAS A / TERRIBLE / DAY FOR US ALL.

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