St Saviour's War Memorial
St Saviour's War Memorial is a war memorial on Borough High Street, in the former parish of Southwark St Saviour, to south of the River Thames in London. It became a Grade II listed building in 1998 and was upgraded to Grade II* in 2018.
The memorial includes a bronze sculpture by
The statue stands on a high Portland stone pedestal with rounded ends. On its long sides are bronze reliefs: one with biplanes, to the west, and another with battleships, to the east. On one side below the biplanes plaque is the inscription "Give honour to the men of St. Saviours Southwark who gave their lives for the empire 1914–1918. Their names are inscribed within the parish church. May their memory live for ever in the minds of men." and on the other side below the battleships plaque is the inscription "This memorial was erected by the parishioners of Saint Saviour's Southwark in the year 1922." A model of the main figure was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1923.
The ends of the pedestal are decorated with stone carvings of Saint George and the Dragon to the front (south), and a carving of a mourning woman with child and dove to the rear (north).
The memorial was funded by public subscription, and the design was chosen by a competition. The £4,000 raised also allowed a bronze memorial plaque by Sir
It was dismantled, restored and rebuilt in 2013, and rededicated in 2014 by the Dean of Southwark, Andrew Nunn.
See also
- Grade I and II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Southwark
- Grade II* listed war memorials in England
- List of public art in the London Borough of Southwark
References
- St Saviours Southwark War Memorial, Historic England
- St Saviour's war memorial, londonremembers.com
- Borough High Street war memorial rededicated, London SE1, 30 March 2014
- St. Saviour's War Memorial, Borough High St., Public Monuments and Sculpture Association
- Southwark War Memorial, Imperial War Museum
- Southwark, War Memorials Online
External links
- Media related to St Saviour's War Memorial, Southwark at Wikimedia Commons