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Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Cenotaph

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The memorial is raised on a platform of five stone steps, with the stone of remembrance to the west of the cenotaph raised on a further two steps. The cenotaph is in the form of a five-tier tapering stone pylon rising to a platform topped with a stone sarcophagus, on which is draped the recumbent effigy of a dead soldier. Flanking it to the west is a stone of remembrance and to the north and south, flush with the eastern face, two shorter single-tier pillars surmounted by fir cones (symbols of eternity); the latter being joined to the pylon by a seat and a wall. The pedestal of the cenotaph has recessed panels on the north and south sides, where the 1,793 names of the fallen are inscribed. The supplemental roll of honour added in 1921 (203 names) and 1922 (one name) is inscribed at the shoulder of the pylon, below the recessed panels that contain the original list.

Title

Cenotaph

Date

1920

Medium

Portland stone & etched glass

Accession number

SO14_AM_S017

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Southampton City Council

Custodian

Southampton City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

11th November 1920

Listing date

08/10/81

Access

at all times

Inscription description

in addition to the names of the fallen, the phrase 'OUR GLORIOUS DEAD' is inscribed on the lower tier of the eastern (front) face of the central pylon and 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE' into the west face of the stone of remembrance

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Located at

Watts Park, Southampton

SO14 7DW

Located at the eastern edge of the park.