Horlicks War Memorial, Slough

Stone war memorial of 1949 with sculpture 'Grief', by Sir William Reid Dick, standing in the grounds of the Horlicks factory, Slough.   MATERIALS: limestone base, and bronze statue.   DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands to the south-east of the car park, and north of the main reception of the Horlicks Factory.   The stone base is in the form of a simplified classical stone pedestal with a moulded base and head. The main body of the pedestal is battered in profile, and reduces in size via three stepped bands as it extends up to the upper moulding. It stands upon a set of four stone steps, the first two of which are formed in a circle, while the upper two are square in plan.   The principal dedicatory inscription is on the south side and reads 'LEST WE FORGET'. There is also a subsidiary inscription below, which reads 'HORLICKS WAR MEMORIAL/TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE WARS OF/1914-1918 1939-1945'. The remaining sides are inscribed with the name, rank, and country of the 2 family members, and the 23 Horlicks employees who lost their lives in the First or Second World War.   The bronze statue is life size and depicts a tall and bare-footed female figure, wearing a long shawl. Her downward-tilted face carries an expression of grief, as she grips the shawl in her left hand and holds it to her lips.