Summary
First World War memorial, 1935, with additions for later conflicts.
Reasons for Designation
Stroud War Memorial, which stands in Park Gardens, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: an imposing and austere war memorial.
History
Sidney Park was a councillor and local businessman in Stroud; Park’s Drapery prominently occupied the corner of King Street and George Street and the family lived in a flat over the shop. Park’s only son, Herbert, who joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1916, was killed in France on 26 October 1917 in a training accident. He had been demonstrating the use of the Mills Bomb, a type of hand grenade. He was 23.
Details
Stroud War Memorial stands within Park Gardens on Slad Road. The memorial is positioned at the bottom of a slightly sloping hill just beside the footpath. Some 8m tall, it is built of Minchinhampton stone. The broad tapering column, square on plan, with clasping pilasters to each face, stands on a square stone base. The column is surmounted by a plain stone block
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