Sandwich War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details This List entry has been amended to add sources for further reading (30/11/2016) SANDWICH 752/0/10014 MARKET STREET 13-JAN-11 SANDWICH WAR MEMORIAL GV II First World War memorial with plaques added for subsequent conflicts, unveiled 1920. Designed by Omar Ramsden (1873-1939). MATERIALS: Red brick and rag stone with bronze deep-relief plaques. EXTERIOR: Standing approximately 3.2m high and 3.5m wide, the memorial comprises a wall, arranged like a triptych, with a central panel and two canted flanking panels, which sit on a random rubble rag stone plinth. Two steps fill the space before the memorial, which is partially enclosed by the angle of the left and right sections of wall. A central bronze plaque in deep relief features a dramatic depiction of St George slaying the Dragon, above which a bronze inscription tablet bears the Sandwich town crest, and the words: 1914 / 1919 / TO THOSE MEN OF THIS TOWN / WHO WENT FORTH TO FIGHT FOR / GOD, KING AND COUNTRY / AND CAME NOT BACK AGAIN. To either side is a bronze panel bearing the Roll of Honour, there are 87 names in total on these plaques. Three secondary plaques have been added beneath the three original plaques. These carry a Roll of Honour for those that fell in the Second World War, 1939-1945, the Korean War, 1950-1953, and the Falklands Conflict, 1982. HISTORY: The memorial's architect, working from Ramsden's drawings, was Ernest May, and it was built by local bricklayer Henry (Harry) Barlow. The memorial was unveiled by Alderman George Christopher Solley. Omar Ramsden ran a successful silver workshop in Chelsea during the early C20 and is principally recognised for his silver design which evocatively combined traditional and modern styles. However he also took pride in being able to work in any metal, and afte

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.