Wallace Hartley Memorial

Monument. 1915, The Bromsgrove Guild. Bronze statues with white, Portland stone pedestal.

PLAN: tall, square pedestal topped by bronze portrait bust with two small flanking, seated figures.

DESCRIPTION: the tall, square, Portland stone pedestal has a deep, moulded base. Above this the four faces taper slightly inwards culminating in a moulded band above which is a tall, concave-shaped base which supports the bronze portrait bust of Wallace Hartley. He is portrayed as head and shoulders and wears a jacket, waistcoat, shirt and tie. Seated on the stone base to each side is a small bronze allegorical figure wearing flowing robes. The left-hand figure represents Music and holds a lyre. The right-hand figure represents Valour and holds a mask and wreath. The front face of the stone pedestal has a dedication using leaded lettering. It reads WALLACE / HARTLEY / BANDMASTER OF / THE R.M.S. TITANIC / WHO PERISHED IN / THE FOUNDERING OF THAT VESSEL / APRIL 15TH 1912 / ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY / CONTRIBUTIONS TO COM- / MEMORATE THE HEROISM / OF A NATIVE OF THIS / TOWN. The pedestal stands on a plinth of two steps formed of concrete blocks.