2021

SU6400 : Portsmouth War Memorial

taken 4 years ago, near to Portsea, Portsmouth, England

This is 1 of 22 images, with title Portsmouth War Memorial in this square
Portsmouth War Memorial
Portsmouth War Memorial
Portsmouth War Memorial

The City of Portsmouth War Memorial, also known as the Guildhall Square War Memorial, is a First World War memorial in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. The architects were James Gibson and Walter Gordon, and the sculpture was Charles Sargeant Jagger.
The memorial consists of a semi-circular sunken recess with a screen wall. Bronze panels fixed to the wall list the names of the dead. Archways in the wall lead out of Guildhall Square towards Victoria Park and the railway station, and balustrades lead away back into Guildhall Square, terminating in sculptures by Jagger of a life-size soldier and sailor with machine guns. In the centre is a cenotaph surmounted with an urn and decorated on the sides with relief carvings of wartime scenes. Prince Arthur unveiled the memorial in 1921.
A grade II* listed building.

War Memorials

War memorials were mainly constructed after WWI to commemorate the troops who gave their lives in the war. Many were then updated after WWII. Some war memorials date back to the Boer War. Almost every town and village in Britain has a War Memorial. They take many forms, the commonest being an obelisk, a cross or statue of a soldier. Some commemorate the inhabitants of a place, some are for schools and others are for companies or Military groupings.
Many memorials are grade II listed, 61 are II* listed, LinkExternal link*_listed_war_memorials_in_England
& 12 are Grade I listed. LinkExternal link
A search for memorials can be carried out at LinkExternal link


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SU6400, 909 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 16 July, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 20 January, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 640 002 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:47.8862N 1:5.5607W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 640 002
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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