Memorial to the Great War is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. War memorial.
Memorial to the Great War
- WRENN ID
- roaming-solder-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Memorial to the Great War, Madeira Walk, Ramsgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 384 648
- Coordinates
- 51.33262, 1.42231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial to the Great War, located on Madeira Walk in Ramsgate, was created in 1920 by the sculptor Gilbert Bayes. This war memorial is made of Portland stone and features a lifesize nude figure, depicted shrouded and holding her head, which suggests a theme of awakening from the dead. The figure sits atop a pedestal that is placed on a paved platform, which includes a mosaic circle around its base and three steps leading down. At the back of the pedestal, there is a segmental panel inscribed with the words: "The Great War 1914-1918: TO ALL WHO SERVED HONOUR." The base of the pedestal is signed by Gilbert Bayes, indicating its date of creation.
Local climate
Memorial to the Great War sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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