Memorial obelisk marking the Barton on Sea Indian Army Convalescent Depot is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Monument.
Memorial obelisk marking the Barton on Sea Indian Army Convalescent Depot
- WRENN ID
- under-keep-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: granite, metal lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands at the southern end of Barton Court Avenue, immediately to the north of the position of Barton Court and the Depot buildings. The tall granite obelisk, square on plan, is rough-hewn. It rises from a plain block of stone surmounting the pedestal: the pedestal stands on a two-stepped base.
The principal dedicatory inscription in rendered on the pedestal in English and Urdu. On the north face this reads THIS MEMORIAL/ IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE/ THE ESTABLISHMENT AT/ BARTON ON SEA IN 1914/ OF THE CONVALESCENT DEPOT FOR/ INDIAN TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN/ EUROPE DURING THE GREAT WAR/ AND WAS SUBSCRIBED FOR BY/ MEMBERS OF THE STAFF. The dedication, in Urdu, is repeated on the east face. The names of the Commandant and Assistant Commandant are recorded on a third face.
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