The war memorial, Westfield War Memorial Village is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. A 20th century War memorial. 1 related planning application.
The war memorial, Westfield War Memorial Village
- WRENN ID
- woven-cellar-soot
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial. Erected in 1926 by Jennie Delahunt.
MATERIALS: bronze statue on sandstone plinth.
DESCRIPTION: The war memorial, Westfield War Memorial Village, comprises a bronze statue of two soldiers, on a sandstone ashlar plinth. The plinth is of rectangular plan with re-entrant corners, and sits on a base of two steps.
The statue depicts two soldiers: one, helmeted, is standing, with his rifle slung, supporting the other, who is on his knees. The soldier on his knees is hatless, and appears to be wounded. The standing soldier is helping him to drink from a canteen. Both soldiers are depicted as if on the battlefield, with both soldiers in 1907 pattern equipment and the detritus of war, such as a broken gun carriage, at their feet.
The plinth is inscribed: THE WESTFIELD WAR / MEMORIAL VILLAGE / FOUNDED IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THE / SACRIFICE MADE BY THE / KING'S OWN ROYAL / LANCASTER REGIMENT / THE LANCASTER BATTERIES / OF ARTILLERY AND OTHER / LANCASTRIANS IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / THE CHILDREN OF / SIR THOMAS STOREY / GAVE THE PROPERTY / THE COTTAGES WERE BUILT / BY PUBLIC AND INDIVIDUAL / SUBSCRIPTION THE VILLAGE / WAS DESIGNED BY / THOMAS HAYTON MAWSON.
The memorial provides the focal point of the formal layout of the village and terminates the view from the entrance gateway.
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