Cheltenham War Memorial

Cheltenham War Memorial is situated on the Promenade outside the Municipal offices within the Long Garden. It features a Portland stone obelisk that is square in shape, rising from a large square plinth set on a three-stepped base.

The plinth displays a raised carving of the Borough coat of arms on its west face and has incised inscriptions of the names of those who fell in the First World War on the other three sides. On the east face of the obelisk, there is a wreath encircling the hilt of a reversed sword, carved in relief, with the dates 1914 and 1919 on either side of the blade. Just below this is an incised dedication that reads: "REMEMBER THE MEN OF CHELTENHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR YOU IN THE GREAT WAR./ IF THEY WERE STRANGERS TO ONE ANOTHER HERE IN THEIR COMMON HOME, THEY/ SERVED AND WROUGHT AND DIED IN MANY LANDS NEAR AND FAR AS A BAND OF/ BROTHERS. LEARN FROM THEM SO AS TO LIVE AND DIE THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE FOLLOWED/ THEM AND ARE NO MORE SEEN, YOU MAY, LIKE THEM, BE REMEMBERED AND REGRETTED."

The memorial is located within a paved area, designed as a square at the center of the Promenade gardens, with apsidal walls to the north and south dating back to 1903. It is enclosed by stone balustrades that feature lamps and urns. To the east of the memorial, there is a later stone wall with end piers, added to the balustrading, which carries metal plaques listing the names of the fallen from subsequent conflicts.