Uxbridge Peace Memorial

Uxbridge Peace Memorial
  • Hillingdon reference: HWM006
  • Imperial war museum number: 12088
  • War commemorated: WW1 and WW2
  • Ward: Uxbridge
  • Description: Square tapering column with a Corinthian capital, supported on an octagonal base and 3-step plinth. The column is surmounted by a bronze winged Victory figure bearing a laurel wreath aloft her right hand (symbolising Victory) and an olive branch in her left hand (symbolising Peace). At her feet is a British Soldier's steel helmet and cartridge bandolier (symbolising Loss). Inscriptions:

ERECTED/IN HONOUR AND MEMORY/OF ALL THOSE /MEN AND WOMEN OF/UXBRIDGE/WHO SERVED OR FELL/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE FROM/THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN and IN MEMORIAM/1939-1945. And SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES/THAT YOU IN PEACE MAP REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP 

The memorial was moved from its original location of Park Road and High Street in 1972.  

  • Level of protection: Local list
  • Condition: Good
  • Maintenance ownership: Hillingdon Council
  • Architect/designer: Capt. Adrian Jones (sculptor) 
  • Date first unveiled: 11 November 1924 
  • Information provided by: Hillingdon Council, UKNIWM
  • Date of photograph: 2010
  • Access: No appointment needed
Address

The Old Graveyard

Windsor Street

Uxbridge

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