Staines War Memorial

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located in the Market Square and it comprises a carved winged figure of Victory holding aloft a torch and a laurel wreath set upon an ornate pedestal with cornices at the top and base and embellished with carved scrolled ornament and other carved motifs. It surmounts a square double plinth with projecting spurs at each corner and, at each, is a figure of a serviceman. The figures are: a soldier in field kit with rifle; sailor in day rig with signal flags; airman in flying rig; and marine in field kit with rifle stand on the arms

The front face of the plinth carries the inscription in black lettering: TO/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914 – 1918/ THIS WAR MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY/ THE PEOPLE OF STAINES/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL HOMAGE TO/ THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN/ WHO ENDURED ALL AND GAVE ALL THAT/ HONOUR AND FREEDOM MIGHT PREVAIL/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. The other plinth faces carry the names of those who fell.

The lower plinth carries the inscription: 1939 1945/ IN MEMORIAM/ TO ALL THOSE KILLED AT/ HOME AND ABROAD/ THROUGH ENEMY ACTION/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE. Underneath an inclined tablet lists the names of those who fell in the Second World War.

The plinth is set upon an octagonal two-stepped base.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 21 February 2017.