Uxbridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Uxbridge War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pitched-pier-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hillingdon
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP: Danny Beales (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Uxbridge War Memorial, The Old Graveyard, Junction of Windsor Street, Cross Street and Cowley Road, UB8 2DA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 054 839
- Coordinates
- 51.54448, -0.48096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Uxbridge War Memorial is a war memorial designed by the sculptor Captain Adrian Jones, dedicated in 1924, with a Second World War dedication added later. It was relocated to its current position in 1972.
Constructed from rough-hewn granite, the memorial features a bronze statue and leaded lettering. It stands in a former burial ground that is now a public garden. The structure consists of a square tapering column with a Corinthian capital, resting on an octagonal base and a three-step plinth. At the top of the column is a bronze figure of Winged Victory, who holds a laurel wreath in her right hand, symbolizing victory, and an olive branch in her left hand, symbolizing peace. At her feet are a British soldier's steel helmet and a cartridge bandolier, representing loss.
On the front of the base, a leaded inscription reads: "ERECTED IN HONOUR AND MEMORY OF ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OF UXBRIDGE WHO SERVED OR FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE FROM THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN." Additional inscriptions around the base include: "SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU IN PEACE MAY REAP A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP" and "IN MEMORIAM 1939-1945."
Local climate
Uxbridge War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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