Memorial

Watford - WW1 And WW2

Source: Copyright Watford Observer

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Current Location

Town Hall, Hempstead Road, Watford, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 3RL, England

TQ 10522 96851

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 2950
Description: Semi-circled plinth supporting three nude male figures representing 'the fallen', 'the wounded' and 'victory'. Centre figure standing with raised right hand whilst flanking figures are seated. Inscriptions incised into plinth below centre figure.
Inscription: Plinth, under left-hand figure: TO THE FALLEN Plinth, under centre figure: VICTORY/1914-1918/1939-1945 Plinth, under right-hand figure: TO THE WOUNDED Tablet, in front of centre figure: IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ ALL OTHER CITIZENS OF THIS BOROUGH/ BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN/ WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY

Maker(s): Mary Pownall Bromet, Sculptor
Morris Singer & Co Ltd, Founder / Foundry
Costs: c£800
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 1971: Relocated to site beside Town Hall from Peace Memorial Hospital. 2012/2013: War Memorials Trust offered a grant of c£5,000 for the conservation of the memorial. The conservation works included lightly cleaning the memorial all over, removing bronze staining from the Portland stone plinth, and carefully ensuring the uniformity of the patina on the statues and protecting them with microcrystalline wax.

Unveiled

13 June 1928

EARL OF CLARENDON