Slough Town War Memorial In Churchyard Of St Mary's Church

Heritage listing

Details 236/0/10032 CHURCH STREET 15-SEP-10 Slough Town War Memorial in churchyard of St Mary's Church GV II Town War Memorial cross, 1921 to commemorate The Fallen of Slough in the First World War. Names of the town's Second World War dead were added later. MATERIALS: Rutland stone with Portland stone plaques. DESCRIPTION: The memorial takes the form of a memorial cross rising from a square plinth/die on a stepped base which is in turn supported on a 12-sided drum pedestal on a circular plinth. The column is faceted and elegantly tapers as it rises to a medieval style Greek Pattern Cross with a chi-rho, alpha, omega and 'S' for 'Salvator' or 'saviour' carved on its west and east faces. The memorial inscriptions are carved in undercut lettering. The inscription on the circular base is in serif capitals, in relief and reads in an anti-clockwise direction from the west: THERE IS BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL -/ ONE LIFE FOR EACH TO GIVE/ WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL?/ WHO DIE IF ENGLAND LIVE? The plinth/die is inscribed in Gothic upper and lower case in relief and reads: [west elevation] Slough/ Town Memorial/ to the honour of / ALMIGHTY GOD/ and in the memory of the men/ who gave their lives/ in the Great War; [south elevation] Translated from the/ Warfare of the world/ into the peace of God; [east elevation] Upon the base/ of this memorial are/ inscribed the names of/ men from Slough/ who fell in the Great/ War 1914-1918 +; [north elevation] Faithful unto death their name liveth for evermore. An additional dedication was added to the west face of the plinth/die to commemorate The Fallen of the Second World War and reads: AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS TOWN WHO HAVE SINCE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE. The remaining inscriptions are on twelve Portland stone pa

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.