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Worksop
Town or City: Worksop
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM3035
Value of grant: £6295.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2009
UKNIWM reference number: 27142
The memorial is a Grade II listed limestone ashlar buttressed structure with a granite plinth. There are plaques carrying the names of the fallen on each face of the memorial in bronze with elliptical pediments on carved brackets. Surrounding the memorial there originally iron chains and lamps. However the chains and glass lamp globes had, at sometime, been removed. It is located on a traffic island in the centre of Memorial Avenue.
In 2009 a grant of £6,295 was awarded by the Grants for War Memorials Scheme towards the cleaning of the memorial, reinstatement of the missing lamp globes and iron chains as well as some minor stone repairs. The reinstatement of the missing lamp globes and railings was based on historic evidence available.
The war memorial was constructed in 1925 at a cost of £1,170 1S 9D and was designed by A. H. Richardson. Lidster and Brammer stonemasons constructed the memorial and Steel and Garland Ltd produced the metalwork. The original plans are held at Nottinghamshire County archives.
The memorial commemorates 462 fallen from World War I and 216 names were added following World War II. It was identified during the project that some names were missing from the memorial. A bronze plaque was erected on a pedestal with these missing names in 2011.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM3035
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 27142
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
