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Newark
Town or City: Newark
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1269
Value of grant: £3515.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2000
UKNIWM reference number: 27246
Newark war memorial stands in St Mary Magdalene church, Church Walk in Appletongate. It is within Newark Conservation Area and is Grade II listed. The memorial cross is in the style of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s cross of sacrifice; a simple Portland stone Latin cross with a bronze sword on the east face.
In 2000/1 the English Heritage Grants for the Repair and Conservation of War Memorials scheme gave a grant of £3,515 towards cleaning the bronze sword, cleaning and re-pointing stonework and relaying York stone paving.
The inscription on the memorial reads:
In glorious and
honoured memory
of the men of
Newark
who fell in
the Great Wars
1914 – 1918
1939 – 1945
Invictis Pax
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1269
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 27246
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
