Sheerness War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details SHEERNESS 933/0/10018 BRIDGE ROAD 11-NOV-09 Sheerness War Memorial II War memorial. Unveiled 29 April 1922, the sculptors were Messrs R L Boulton and Sons. Cast from re-constituted stone, the memorial comprises a tall plinth, square in section, on a stepped base. On the plinth stands the figure of Liberty, her right hand holding a torch aloft and her left hand holding a scroll. The memorial faces to the south-west. To the front (south-west) of the monument, cast into the cornice of the plinth, are the words: IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SHEERNESS To the base of the plinth are the words: TRUE LOVE BY LIFE, TRUE LOVE BY DEATH IS TRIED / LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED On the south-west face of the plinth are the words: SAILORS, SOLDIERS, AIRMEN / AND CITIZENS. / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919, / AND ALSO OF / 1070 OFFICERS AND MEN / OF H.M.S. BULWARK AND / H.M.S. PRINCESS IRENE / LOST IN SHEERNESS HARBOUR / BY INTERNAL EXPLOSION / NOV. 26. 1914 AND MAY 27. 1915. / NAVY / (86 names) / ARMY / (164 names) / AIRFORCE / (3 names) The Roll of Honour continues on the south-east and north-east faces of the plinth, and bears a total of 253 names. The north-west face of the plinth reads: CITIZENS LOST IN H.M.S. PRINCESS IRENE / (77 names) / KILLED IN ENEMY AIRCRAFT RAIDS. / NAVY / (6 names) / ARMY / (5 names) / CITIZENS / (6 names) A separate tablet to the front of the monument reads: ALSO IN COMMEMORATION OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED / IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBERANCE / IN MINSTER ABBEY CHURCH HISTORY: The war memorial was erected to honour the servicemen of Sheerness, who fell during the First World War, as well as those who died on the Home Front in Sheerness during the course of th

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.