Description

STAFFORD

SJ9122 VICTORIA ROAD
590-1/7/98 (South East side)
Staffordshire County War Memorial
with flanking walls and gates

GV II

War memorial on square terrace with walls, and flanking walls
and gates. c1920. Ashlar and bronze. Tall memorial supporting
bronze figures. Plinth has bronze plaque with lettering above
inscription cut in stone, bronze plaque commemorating 2nd
World War to right return; imbricated torus to base of
memorial, which has roundels with cap badges to all faces and
bronze Stafford knot over inscription; top figures of winged
female and horse on rock. Terrace has low walls continued to
sides, with canted sections flanking enriched wrought-iron
paired gates, the canted sections inscribed with names of
battles of the 1st World War. An impressive grouping at west
end of Victoria Park.

Listing NGR: SJ9189222995

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, 19 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585719

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