War Memorial
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Location
Street: | West Street |
Town: | Ditchling |
Parish: | Ditchling |
Council: | Lewes District Council |
County: | East Sussex |
Postcode: | BN6 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | On a grassed traffic island at the junction with Lodge Hill Lane. |
In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
Page: | 90 |
Grid reference: | E4 |
The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
Name : | Eric Gill |
Role: | Letter carver |
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General Information
Construction period: | 1919 |
Installation date: | 1919 |
Work is: | Extant |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | A simple obelisk in two sections, set upon a stone base. The structure is set in the centre of a grassed and fenced triangular traffic island. |
Inscription: | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS A simple cross and the word 'REMEMBER' is inscribed on the south side of the obelisk, followed by the names of the fallen from WWII, and then '1939 - 1945'. An identical inscription is inscribed on the east side for WWI, followed by the names of the fallen, and then '1914 - 1918' |
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Classification
Categories: | Military, Free Standing, Commemorative, Roadside / Wayside |
Object type1: | War memorial |
Object subtype1: | WWI and WWII |
Object type2: | Shaft |
Object subtype1: | WWI and WWII |
Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Obelisk |
Material: | None |
Height (cm): | 26 |
Width (cm): | 53 |
Depth (cm): | 53 |
Part 2: | Base of obelisk |
Material: | None |
Height (cm): | 53 |
Width (cm): | 107 |
Depth (cm): | 107 |
Part 3: | Base |
Material: | None |
Height (cm): | 30 |
Width (cm): | 190 |
Depth (cm): | 190 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
More details: | Chips to the stone on the NW and NE corners of the base. |
Date of on-site inspection: | 18/09/2007 |
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History
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References
Source 1 : | |
Title: | 'Eric Gill and Ditchling: the workshop tradition' |
Type: | Book |
Author: | Cribb, Ruth & Joe. |
Page: | 77 |
Publisher: | Ditchling Museum. Ditchling. |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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