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War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2881 / 52°17'17"N

Longitude: -1.5346 / 1°32'4"W

OS Eastings: 431838

OS Northings: 265654

OS Grid: SP318656

Mapcode National: GBR 6NJ.GTZ

Mapcode Global: VHBXJ.CR19

Plus Code: 9C4W7FQ8+64

Entry Name: War Memorial

Listing Date: 30 November 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1381443

English Heritage Legacy ID: 481805

ID on this website: 101381443

Location: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV32

County: Warwickshire

District: Warwick

Civil Parish: Royal Leamington Spa

Built-Up Area: Royal Leamington Spa

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Leamington Priors All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description



ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PARADE
1208-1/7/295 (East side)
War Memorial

GV II

War memorial. Erected 1922 with later additions. Sculptor,
Albert Toft of Birmingham. Cornish granite plinth and bronze
statue. Plinth square on plan, on stepped base, approximately
2 metres high. Surmounted by a life-size figure of a soldier,
head bowed and hands resting on upright rifle. The plinth
inscribed on four sides, with names of the dead for both World
Wars, Korea, and the Falklands. It was unveiled on 27 May 1922
by Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weeton.
(Imperial War Museum: National Inventory of War Memorials).

Listing NGR: SP3183865654

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.

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