The County War Memorial, Nottingham is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

structure in Nottingham.

History

The war memorial was designed by

Cecil Greenwood Hare Cecil Greenwood Hare (1875 – 14 July 1932) was an architect and designer based in England. Life He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire in 1875, the son of John Thomas Hare (1844-1902) and Mary Ann. Bodley and Hare Hare was a pupil of the arch ...

and unveiled on 20 April 1922 by

George Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway, CB (18 November 1844 – 7 March 1931) was a British Conservative politician and courtier. Biography Galway was the son of George Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway, and his wife a ...

, Chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council. The Cross was dedicated by the

Bishop of Southwell __NOTOC__ The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in the Province of York.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. . The ...

, Rt. Revd. Edwyn Hoskyns. It was funded by public subscription to commemorate the 11,000 men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire who died in the First World War. It stands as the entrance to

St Mary's Church, Nottingham The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish churchDomesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest church after the Cathedral in the city of Nottingham. The church ...

at the junction of

High Pavement High Pavement is a street in Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of the earliest streets in the city, and most of its buildings are listed. History It runs from the east end of St Mary's Churchyard to Weekday Cross. Around 1681 a ...

and St Mary's Gate. It comprises a tall cross high in Whitby stone with a bronze sword on traceried octagonal base and stepped octagonal pedestal with inscribed tablet. On either side is a tapering flight of steps, at the head of which is a pair of gates. Flanking the steps are walls with moulded coping and square pedestals with square iron lanterns. The inset tablets hold the names of parishes, towns and villages in the city and county. The gate pillars hold raised tablets with the names of men and women from St Mary’s parish who died in the First World War. The memorial was restored in 2008 when new inscribed panels were installed.

References

{{Nottingham Places of Interest , state=autocollapse Grade II listed buildings in Nottinghamshire British military memorials and cemeteries Buildings and structures in Nottingham 1922 sculptures World War I memorials in England Monuments and memorials in Nottinghamshire