Smith's Dock Company War Memorial, Normanby

First World War memorial of 1922 with alterations after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: Portland stone cenotaph with sandstone steps and flagstones.

PLAN: square plinth with two inset pilasters to form cruciform shape on a two-stepped base.

DESCRIPTION: the Smith’s Dock War Memorial stands at the head of a short avenue of yews in Smith’s Dock Park at the end of Smith’s Dock Road. The memorial takes the form of a stone plinth surmounted by a tapered, corniced cenotaph. The cenotaph is flanked by pilasters with reeded necking. At the top of the cenotaph is a carved wreath.

The front, south-west facing side of the memorial has an incised inscription, this reads 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN MEMORIAM / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN MEMORIAM / ERECTED BY SMITHS DOCK COMPANY LTD / IN MEMORY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES / FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / JULY 1922

There is a series of seven bronze plaques set at a slight angle in a stone surround on the ground in front of the war memorial. The first plaque is inscribed with TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND / THE HONOUR / OF THEIR / COUNTRY. The second to fifth plaques read IN MEMORIAM / 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES). The sixth plaque reads IN MEMORIAM / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES). The seventh plaque reads (NAMES) / ERECTED BY / SMITH’S DOCK COMPANY LIMITED / IN MEMORY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES / FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / JULY 1922 / THIS CENOTAPH WAS REFURBISHED BY THE / FRIENDS OF SMITH’S DOCK PARK WAR MEMORIAL / JULY 2011.

The memorial stands on two sandstone steps, within a sandstone flagged area. The memorial area is reached by a flight of sandstone steps, flanked by a low plinth wall with short piers.

Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the C20 gated steel railings surrounding the sandstone flagged area are not of special architectural or historic interest.