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7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment War Memorial

near roundabout at junction of London and Salisbury Roads, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 2AP

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Overview

A war memorial obelisk of 1920 date. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437433
Date first listed:: 05-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment War Memorial
Statutory Address:: near roundabout at junction of London and Salisbury Roads, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 2AP

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437433
Date first listed:: 05-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: near roundabout at junction of London and Salisbury Roads, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 2AP

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: near roundabout at junction of London and Salisbury Roads, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 2AP

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Marlborough
National Grid Reference:: SU1926768962

Summary

A war memorial obelisk of 1920 date.

Reasons for Designation

The 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment War Memorial in Marlborough, Wiltshire 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a well-crafted obelisk in dressed stone; * Group Value: it forms a group with a number of listed buildings.

History

The war memorial commemorates the members of 7th (Service) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment who fell in the First World War. The battalion was raised in Devizes in September 1914 as part of Lord Kitchener's Third New Army. They trained at Codford, spending the winter in billets in Marlborough, and moving to Sutton Veny for final training in April 1915. They served in France and Macedonia during the War, and saw action at the First and Second Battles of Doiran, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, and the Final Advance in Picardy. They were disbanded on 19 March 1919.

The memorial was erected by surviving members of the battalion and was unveiled on 8 October 1920 at a ceremony attended by Field Marshall Lord Methuen. It originally stood on a triangular island at the west end of London Road, as shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1923. By the map of 1943 the highway had been reconfigured and the memorial had been moved to the corner of Salisbury Road and London Road. Later, it was moved to its current location, approximately 10m to the east, as shown on the map of 1970.

Details

A war memorial obelisk of 1920.

MATERIALS: of dressed rough-hewn stone with bronze regimental badge.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is an obelisk on a two-stepped base and square plinth. The obelisk is divided into three sections by carved horizontal grooves. To the front (north) face of the central section is fixed the bronze regimental badge. The lower face has an inset panel with lettering that reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS, NON COMMISIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/ SEVENTH BATTALION, WILTSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES/ THE BATTALION TRAINED IN MARLBOROUGH DURING THE WINTER 1914-1915,/ SERVED IN FRANCE SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1915, IN MACEDONIA/ NOVEMBER 1915-JUNE 1918 AND IN FRANCE JUNE 1918- NOVEMBER 1918/ A RECORD OF THOSE WHO FELL AND A ROLL CALL OF THE BATTALION IS DEPOSITED AT THE TOWN HALL.

Sources

Websites
The Wartime Memories Project - 7th (Service) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) , accessed 07/07/2016 from http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/wiltshireregiment7-gw.php
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/07/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/197424
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/07/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24138

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.