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Latitude: 52.8982 / 52°53'53"N
Longitude: -1.8629 / 1°51'46"W
OS Eastings: 409316
OS Northings: 333424
OS Grid: SK093334
Mapcode National: GBR 38R.9TT
Mapcode Global: WHCFP.CF31
Plus Code: 9C4WV4XP+7R
Entry Name: Uttoxeter War Memorial
Listing Date: 26 October 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1430098
ID on this website: 101430098
Location: Uttoxeter, East Staffordshire, ST14
County: Staffordshire
District: East Staffordshire
Civil Parish: Uttoxeter
Built-Up Area: Uttoxeter
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Uttoxeter St Mary Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: War memorial
A First World War memorial of c1928.
A town war memorial of c.1928.
MATERIALS AND PLAN: the memorial is constructed of Hollington stone ashlar and is octagonal in plan.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial sits in the Market Square in Uttoxeter and is in a Perpendicular gothic style, in the form of a medieval Eleanor Cross. The monument is of four main stages, which sit atop a four-stepped base. The principal, upper stages are each supported by eight buttresses, topped by decorative finials with carved crockets. The central stage contains linenfold panelling in the reveals, with carved tracery above. The upper stage also has carved tracery panels which contain bronze grilles. The whole is surmounted by a carved stone cross.
The original bronze plaques commemorating the fallen of the First World War are set into the stone of the second stage, with the inscription, "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF UTTOXETER/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918". After 1945, further plaques were added commemorating the losses of the Second World War, with the inscription, "TO THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF UTTOXETER WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945", with a Greek Cross below.
After the Gulf War a further plaque was added, inscribed, "IN HONOUR/ AND MEMORY OF/ SERGEANT/ MICHAEL DOWLING M.M./ KILLED/ WHILST ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE GULF WAR/ 26TH FEBRUARY/ 1991'. An additional plaque was added to commemorate the conflict in Afghanistan, inscribed, "IN MEMORY/ LCpL BARRY BUXTON/ 21 ENGINEER REGIMENT/ 3 MAY 2010/ AFGHANISTAN".
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES
The stepped base is today concealed by modern timber boarding to create planters.The monument is also now enclosed within a series of modern metal bollards.
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.
A war memorial of c1928. A bronze plaque commemorating the fallen of the Second World War was added c.1945, with further plaques being added for the Gulf War c.1991 and the Afghanistan War c.2010. The memorial was designed by architects L.W. Barnard & Partners of Cheltenham, and carved by Robert Bridgman & Sons of Lichfield.
Uttoxeter War Memorial is listied 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 sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a well-executed monument taking the form of a medieval Eleanor Cross, designed by the firm L.W. Barnard and Partners of Cheltenham.
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