Memorial

The Men of Canterbury

Column

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Current Location

Buttermarket, Sun Street, Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2HA, England

TR 14990 57842

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 1592
Description: An elaborate runic cross on a square pillar. At the top of each face are recessed figures: St George, the Black Prince and representatives of each of the three services. Plaques bearing names and inscriptions are bronze and the column stands on an octagonal platform filled with cobblestones.
Inscription: FROM THE PEOPLE OF CANTERBURY TO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) 1939-1945/ THE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES ALSO/ THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CANTERBURY/ WHO AS MEMBERS OF THE/ ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR

Maker(s): PROFESSOR ARTHUR BERESFORD PITE, Architect
Benjamin Clemens, Sculptor
Maintenance History: The column was vandalised and repaired in1981. Planned recutting and refurbishing in progress November 2007 (Canterbury City Council Canterbury Area member Panel 5 Nov. 2007) Ap. 2008 refurbishment began: recutting and reshaping lettering and carvings, cleaning and preservation work to bronze plaques and refurbishment of railings. Undertaken by Heritage Stone Restoration Co., Bromley . Cost £9000.(City Council news release).

Unveiled

10 October 1921

FIELD MARSHAL THE EARL HAIG KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE