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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.
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.
by N Chadwick
Created: Wed, 24 Mar 2021, Updated: Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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