War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1391503
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-2005
- List Entry Name:
- War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
- Statutory Address:
- War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1391503
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-2005
- List Entry Name:
- War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
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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:
- War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Wandsworth (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 28296 77344
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 October 2022 to amend the name, address and description and to reformat the text to current standards
1207/0/10145
BATTERSEA PARK
War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park
(Formerly listed as War memorial of the 24th East Surrey Division, Battersea Park)
24-AUG-05
II*
WWI memorial. Designed and sculpted by Eric Henri Kennington RA (1888-1960). Portland stone. Consists of the figures of three infantry soldiers with helmets rifles and full kit, with a serpent at their feet, standing upon a three part columnar base. The figure to the left was modelled on the poet and writer Robert Graves. The base of the memorial has the inscription, XXIV Division France 1914-1918 around the top, above the unit badges of the twenty regiments that made up the Division, . Situated in the registered grade II* Battersea Park.
History: The memorial commemorates over 10,000 men who had been killed or listed as `missing presumed dead' whilst serving with the 24th Infantry Division. The memorial was unveiled on 4 October 1924 in an opening ceremony performed by Field Marshall Plumer and the Bishop of Southwark.
Summary of Importance: The 24th Division war memorial in Battersea Park is not only of historic interest due to its link with world events, but it is also of visual interest, due to the elegant sculptural quality of the depiction of ordinary infantry men by the highly regarded war artist Eric Kennington. This is an unusually avant-garde war memorial with a very interesting depiction of Robert Graves, author of the outstanding war memoir 'Goodbye to All That'.
Sources:
Jonathan Black, `The Legions who have suffered: the war memorials of Eric Kennington c 1921-1954', in Sculpture Journal XI (2004)
Jonathan Black, `Thanks for the Memory': War memorial, spectatorship and the trajectories of commemoration 1919-2001, in Matters of Conflict: Material culture, memory and the First World War, ed. Nicholas J. Saunders (2004)
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, 17 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 493245
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Saunders, N J, Matters of Conflict: Material Culture, Memory and the First World War, (2004)
Sculpture Journal in Sculpture Journal: Volume XI, (2004)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12486
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111249
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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