Maidstone Borough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2011. War memorial.
Maidstone Borough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- keen-basalt-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2011
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Limestone plinth and base with bronze figure.
The memorial stands at the fork of two main roads which lead out of Maidstone to the west. It takes the form of a bronze statue of St George and the slain dragon on a tall cenotaph-like limestone plinth and base. The memorial is surrounded by a low stone wall. St George stands in full armour with the dragon at his feet, his left foot resting on its body. He holds an erect lance in his right hand, from which flies a pennon. In his left hand he holds a shaped shield, the bottom of which is also resting on the dragon's body.
The front face of the memorial bears the inscription: IN HONOUR OF / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN / THE GREAT WAR / FOR EVER HONOURED / AND / FOR EVER MOURNED / 1914 1918 / 1939 1945 / AND / IN LATER CONFLICTS
There is a further short inscription to the rear. To either side of the plinth a wreath is carved in relief.
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, 30 November 2016.
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