St John's Wood Memorial - Prince Albert Road, London, UK
N 51° 31.808 W 000° 10.073
30U E 696437 N 5712582
This memorial is located in the centre of a traffic roundabout opposite St John's Wood church. Although in the centre of a roundabout the monument and environs are well maintained.
Waymark Code: WMF03T
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/31/2012
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The memorial is a dedication to those
that lost their lives in World War I and World War II and like many other
memorial the Second World War addition came after the memorial was already in
place.
This memorial has a bronze statue on
top of a Portland stone plinth. The plinth stands about three metres high and
the statue, of St George slaying the dragon, is about life-size. On the north
west face of the plinth are the inscriptions "1914 - 1918" and "1939 - 1945".
Above the years is carved the coat-of-arms of the borough of St Marylebone. On
the south east face of the plinth, below a carved coat-of-arms, is an
inscription that reads:
A grateful
tribute
to the men and women of
Saint Mary-le-Bone
who by
their
service and sacrifice
for King and Country
freely played their
part
in the Great War
1914 - 1918
and in the Second World War
1939
-1945
The monument is Grade II listed and the
entry at the English Heritage website (visit
link) tells us:
" War Memorial with Sculpture of St
George and the Dragon G.V. II War memorial, c 1925-30. Sculptor C.L. Hartwell
RA. Bronze group on Portland stone pedestal in centre of roundabout. Neo-Baroque
composition with equestrian figure of St. George spearing the
dragon.
The United Kingdom National Inventory
of War Memorials (UKNIWM) website (visit
link) has details about the memorial. This advises how the statue was given
as a gift in 1907 and came to form part of the memorial in
1936.