Memorial

Stansted

Sculpture

Source: Copyright Brian Fletcher

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Current Location

Stansted Village Green, Plaxdale Green Road, Stansted, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent, TN15 7PG, England

TQ 60835 62229

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 144
Description: A figure of a man wearing a loin cloth and holding aloft a large palm leaf above his head in both hands. The figure is mounted onto a plinth which features the dedication written in incised lettering.
Inscription: 12 o'clock face: GOD OF OUR FATHERS KNOWN OF OLD/ LORD OF OUR FAR-FLUNG BATTLE LINE/ BENEATH WHOSE AWFUL HAND WE HOLD/ DOMINION OVER PALM AND PINE -/ LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET/ LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET!/ THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING DIES/ THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS DEPART/ STILL STANDS THINE ANCIENT SACRIFICE./ AN HUMBLE AND A CONTRITE HEART/ LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET/ LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET!/ FAR-FLUNG OUR NAVIES MELT AWAY/ ON DUNE AND HEADLAND SINKS THE FIRE/ LO ALL OUR POMP OF YESTERDAY/ IS ONE WITH NINEVEH AND TYRE/ JUDGE OF THE NATIONS SPARE US YET/ LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET!/ IF DRUNK WITH SIGHT OF POWER WE LOOSE/ WILD TONGUES THAT HAVE NOT THEE IN AWE/ SUCH BOASTING AS THE GENTILES USE/ OR LESSER BREEDS WITHOUT THE LAW/ LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET/ LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET!/ FOR HEATHEN HEART THAT PUTS HER TRUST/ IN REEKING TUBE AND IRON SHARE/ ALL VALIANT DUST THAT BUILDS ON DUST/ AND GUARDING CALLS NOT THEE TO GUARD/ FOR FRANTIC BOAST AND FOOLISH WORD/ THY MERCY ON THY PEOPLE LORD! 6 o'clock face: PRESENTED/ TOGETHER WITH THE LAND/ TO THE/ PARISH COUNCIL OF STANSTED/ BY/ G.F.HOLLIER. ESQ. K.C.M.P.

Maintenance History: ORIGINAL FIGURE WAS DESIGNED BY STROBL OF BUDAPEST, BUT THIS WAS STOLEN IN 1986 AND NEVER RECOVERED. PRESENT FIGURE IS A REPLACEMENT. APPLICATION TO WAR MEMORIALS TRUSTS FOR MAINTENANCE GRANT APRIL 2005