Saddleworth Welcome Home Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions. MATERIALS: ashlar sandstone. DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a classical-style stone shaft surmounted by a winged angel. The round-section shaft has a moulded astragal and chamfered base, with a similar moulded cornice, supporting a carved figure of an angel, mounted on an octagonal base; the angel's right arm is raised, and her left arm is holding a flower against her body. The shaft rises from a square-plan pedestal, on a two-stepped base. The pedestal has a moulded cornice and plinth, with recessed and framed panels within the dado. The south panel bears the First World War dedication, which reads: TO THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SADDLEWORTH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE CAUSE OF/ LIBERTY AND JUSTICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1919, and the north panel bears the Second World War dedication, which is inscribed in an identical text and style, apart from the last two lines that read: IN THE WORLD WAR./ 1939 - 1945. The inscription on the east panel reads: LOVED ONES/ LIVE/ HENCE FORTH/ IS DEATH BUT THE/ GATE OF LIFE, and the west panel reads: WATCHFUL/ O'ER OUR/ LIVES/ OUR GUARDIAN/ ANGELS STAND. A further inscription on the east elevation of the plinth reads: THIS MONUMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THE/ SADDLEWORTH URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL/ BY HARVEY CARTER ESQ. OF UPPERMILL/ OCTOBER 21st, 1921.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.