Fleetwood War Memorial
Fleetwood Memorial Park, Park Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 7AQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1116884
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Fleetwood War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Fleetwood Memorial Park, Park Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 7AQ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1116884
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Fleetwood War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Fleetwood Memorial Park, Park Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 7AQ
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Fleetwood Memorial Park, Park Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 7AQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Wyre (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fleetwood
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 32893 47478
Reasons for Designation
Fleetwood War Memorial, located in the Memorial Park, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural Interest: it is a good example of a First World War Memorial, with Second World War and later additions, that has been designed and executed to a high standard, using good quality materials and craftsmanship
Historic Interest: it commemorates the residents of the town, and surrounding area, with great events on the world stage
Details
917/0/10018
FLEETWOOD
FLEETWOOD MEMORIAL PARK
WAR MEMORIAL
24-MAR-11
II
A First World War Memorial of 1927 with Second World War and later additions.
MATERIALS: sandstone on a flagstone base.
DESCRIPTION: a First World War Memorial, with Second World War and later additions, located on Remembrance Avenue in Fleetwood's Memorial Park. It consists of a tall cylindrical sandstone plinth, with a chamfered base, on an octagonal step, with adjacent circular sandstone flower planters. It stands upon a rectangular flagstone base of three steps, with square flower planters at each corner. The cylindrical plinth carries a sculptured Romanesque figure of a young man representing Liberty, standing against an altar, upon which is an urn, with his right arm raised holding a pole with an eternal flame at the top. He carries a wreath in his left hand, and he wears a laurel garland on his head.
An inscription around the top of the plinth reads: FOR FREEDOM LOVING BRITONS, THE BELOVED ONES DIED FOR US.
An unknown figure is carved in low relief on the west face, beneath which is inscribed: TO THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / FLEETWOOD WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / 1914-1918 / AND IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF / THOSE WHO SHARED / ITS DANGER. The other faces of the circular plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen.
The base of the plinth is inscribed: TO YOU FROM FALLING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH, BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH. MAN MUST STILL STRIVE, PRINCIPLES DO NOT APPLY THEMSELVES.
The octagonal lower base is inscribed: 1939-1945 TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO CONTINUED THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND THE CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE. Slate tablets affixed to the plinth immediately beneath the inscription, and to the four circular flower planters placed at the corners of the plinth's base step, are inscribed with the names of the fallen.
A slate tablet affixed to the south face beneath the World War II dedication is inscribed: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY POST 1945. It is inscribed with one name.
HISTORY: Fleetwood World War I War Memorial, with World War II and later additions, designed and sculpted by Herbert Tyson Smith, was erected in the Memorial Park, Fleetwood, and was unveiled on 22 October, 1927 by Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough.
SOURCES:
Hartwell, C, & Pevsner, N, Buildings of England, Lancashire: North, (2009) 295
United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials: Men of Fleetwood, Reference No. 42701
REASONS FOR DECISION:
Fleetwood War Memorial, located in the Memorial Park, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural Interest: it is a noble example of a First World War Memorial, with Second World War and later additions, that has been designed and executed to a high standard, using good quality materials and craftsmanship
Historic Interest: it commemorates the residents of the town and surrounding area and the effects of great events on the world stage
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, 2 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 508377
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42701
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/139048
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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