Teddington War Memorial
Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0JL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444660
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Teddington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0JL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444660
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Teddington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0JL
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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:
- Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0JL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Richmond upon Thames (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ1545771016
Summary
First World War memorial with later additional Second World War inscriptions. Architect Mr Francis W Doyle Jones. Memorial in the form of a tall cenotaph, unveiled in 1921.
Reasons for Designation
Teddington war memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices they made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: as an attractive and imposing cenotaph war memorial.
History
The aftermath of the World Wars saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised in Teddington, as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community.
The memorial was designed by the architect Francis W Doyle Jones. It was unveiled 8 January 1921, shortly before the opening of the adjacent Teddington Memorial Hospital, of which the memorial is located at the front. The hospital was also created as a memorial to lives lost in the First World War. An additional inscription was added to the cenotaph after the Second World War.
Details
First World War memorial with later additional Second World War inscriptions. Architect Mr Francis W Doyle Jones. Unveiled 1921.
MATERIALS: Portland stone
DESCRIPTION: tall cenotaph, the upper section of the front face bearing a sword and laurel wreath relief; below this is the inscription: 'OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD'. The rest of the face, and the other three sides of the cenotaph, are inscribed with the names of the fallen arranged by year. The lower back face includes the inscription: 'LIVE YE FOR ENGLAND / WE FOR ENGLAND DIED'.
The cenotaph rests on a plinth, the front face states: '1939-1945 / AND TO RECORD THE GRATITUDE OF THEIR / FELLOW TOWNSMEN TO THOSE FROM TEDDINGTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM AND SAFETY / WHETHER IN THE FIGHTING SERVICES / OR ON THE HOME FRONT / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'. This rests on a two-step platform.
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, 5 June 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/39849
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/84656
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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