Fordingbridge War Memorial Gates

The symmetrical gates form the access to the Recreation Ground from Ringwood Road. Each gate includes vertical bars and dog-rails, with ornamental work over the top rails. The gates are hung from stone piers, c3m tall, square on plan, with cornices surmounted by stone balls. Curved railings to each side, carried on a dwarf brick wall with stone coping, adjoin c2.4m tall end piers. Small flower beds fronted by stone kerbs fill the space in front of the two curving dwarf walls.

Each of the main piers carries a rectangular inscribed dedication tablet. The tablet to the left includes the principal dedication and 20 names; the right-hand tablet lists 37 names. The dedication reads: THIS RECREATION GROUND/ IS A MEMORIAL TO THE/ MEN OF THE PARISH OF/ FORDINGBRIDGE, WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR. 1914-1918. The later dedications to the fallen of the Second World War are incised below each of the First World War name lists, with 10 names recorded on each pier.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 8 June 2017.