Summary

A town war memorial unveiled in March 1924, designed by Arthur G Walker RA and cast by AB Burton.

Description

A town war memorial unveiled in March 1924, designed by Arthur G Walker RA and cast by AB Burton.

MATERIALS & PLAN: of bronze with a plinth of Cornish granite which has bronze plaques to each side. A life-sized bronze statue of a soldier above a plinth with domed top which is square in section with a stepped plinth.

DETAILS: the monument faces west. The bronze statue is dressed in battle dress, wearing a peaked cap, with backpack and helmet strung over his back. He is shown leaning on the muzzle of his rifle. The square plinth of the bronze statue is signed by Walker and Burton. The plinth has a prominent frieze and base and is straight-sided. The platform has three steps. To the centre of each side of the plinth is a rectangular bronze plaque with lettering in relief. That on the north side reads: 'IN GRATEFUL / AND UNDYING MEMORY / OF THE VALIANT MEN / OF IRON BRIDGE / WHO LAY DOWN / THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / WE THANK OUR GOD UPON / EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU'. The names of the fallen are shown on the other sides. The western face has a plaque which reads 'THE CHURCH CLOCK WAS / ILLUMINATED AS A MEMORIAL / TO THE FOLLOWING MEN OF / IRONBRIDGE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / DURING THE / 1939 - 1945 WAR.' Names of the fallen are shown below.'

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, 19 January 2017.

History

The memorial was dedicated on 8 March 1924 and unveiled by Col. ANB Garrett. It was moved form its original position in the Market Square to its present location at an unknown date.

Reasons for Listing

The monument to the fallen of Ironbridge, Shropshire is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a bronze statue of a soldier standing on a stone plinth, designed by Arthur G Walker RA;
* Group value: the cross forms a group with the Iron Bridge (Grade I) and Tontine Hotel (Grade II*).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26678127

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  For the Record
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey