Kingston upon Thames War Memorial

Kingston upon Thames War Memorial
United Kingdom
For men from the district of Kingston upon Thames who died in the First and Second World Wars
Unveiled	1923
Location	51.4104°N 0.305°W / 51.4104; -0.305 Kingston upon Thames, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London
Designed by	Richard Reginald Goulden
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914 – 1919, 1939 – 1945.
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Kingston upon Thames War Memorial
Designated	6 October 1983
Reference no.	1080054

Kingston upon Thames War Memorial, in the Memorial Garden on Union Street, Kingston upon Thames, London, commemorates the men of the town who died in the First World War. After 1945, the memorial was updated to recognise casualties from the Second World War. The memorial was commissioned by town council and was designed by the sculptor Richard Reginald Goulden. The memorial depicts a naked warrior, who carries a flaming cross and a sword, with which he defends two children from a serpent. Goulden designed a number of such allegorical memorials, including others at Crompton, in Greater Manchester, and at Redhill, Surrey. The Kingston memorial was designated a Grade II listed structure in 1983. This was revised upwards to Grade II*, denoting a building or structure of particular importance, in 2016.

See also

• Grade II* listed war memorials in England
• Grade II* listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
• List of public art in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

References and sources

Sources

• Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London 2: South. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US, London, UK: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096514.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

External links

• Media related to Kingston upon Thames War Memorial at Wikimedia Commons
• Images of the memorial at The Victorian Web