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The
Bath War Memorial is situated at the main entrance to The Royal Victoria
Park. It is approached on foot from the North West Corner of Queen Square.
Free car parking is available in The Royal Victoria Park but the spaces
are at a premium and during working hours is almost completely taken.
The public pay and display card park is less than 5 minutes walk in
Charlotte Street.
The
Memorial comprises a cross of sacrifice with a curved wall behind bearing
12 name panels. Two additional panels contain inscriptions The cities
coat of arms are on the central pediment. The railings have cast bronze
lions on the upright posts. Carved wreaths are on the pillars at each
end of the wall. On the left hand pillar is the memorial to the City’s
civilian war dead killed during bombing raid in 1941 and the Bath Blitz
of 1942.
Number
of dead remembered:
The
monument was unveiled on 3 November 1927 by Sir Reginald Blomfield and
Viscount Allenby. The dedication was conducted by the Bishop of Bath
and Wells. Reports about the memorial are given in the Bath Weekly Chronicle
of 4 January 1919 and November 1927.
The
name plates for World War 1 were transferred to the memorial in 1927
from the Royal Mineral Water Hospital. The second World War name plates
were added in 1995 and the civilian name plates in April 2003.
The
cost of the original memorial, about £3000, was raised by public
subscription. The builders were Messrs E Chancellor and Sons and the
architect was Sir Reginald Blomfield.
With
the large number of names it has been necessary to split the detail
into sections and then into alphabetical groupings. Under the section
'Number of dead remembered are the four sections, use the link to go
to the home page for the required section then folow the links from
that section to the various groups.
See
also Terry
Morgan's Bath web site.