- Type of Memorial
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- WMR Reference Number
- 10159
- Description
- A bronze statue of St George in medieval armour, sheathing his sword while standing over slain dragon, is set upon a stone cenotaph that is flanked on either side by a wall. The cenotaph's upper and lower plinth sections stand on a two-stepped base. Fixed o the front face of the cenotaph are a bronze wreath and two rectangular bronze plaques. The front face of the upper and lower plinth sections each has a rectangular bronze plaque, bearing the WW2 names; between them is a further rectangular bronze plaque (whose inscription is currently unknown). The upper step beneath has a rectangular plaque commemorating a Falkland War casualty. The four rectangular plaques bearing the WW1 names are affixed to the walls that flank the cenotaph. A further rectangular bronze plaque is also fixed to the memorial (believed to be on its reverse face), inscribed with details of the unveiling of the cenotaph in 1926. The whole memorial stands in a raised paved area with stone walls, within a landscaped area.
; NAME PANELS ALSO BRONZE ON FLANKING WALL (WW2 ON FRONT OF CENOTAPH)
- Inscription
- WW1 Dedicatory plaque (which is the lower of the two plaques on the cenotaph's front face): THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES / THOSE WHO, AT THE CALL OF / KING AND COUNTRY, LEFT ALL / THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED / HARDNESS, FACED DANGER/ AND FINALLY PASSED OUT/ OF THE SIGHT OF MEN / AND THE PATH OF DUTY / AND SELF-SACRIFICE, / GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES / THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE / IN FREEDOM./ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER / SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES / BE NOT FORGOTTEN.
Four associated plaques, on the flanking walls: (WW1 names)
WW2 dedicatory plaque (which is the uppermost plaque on the cenotaph's front face): "MON DIEU - SOYEZ BENI:/ MON DIEU - SOYEZ REMERCIE"/ FOR THE LIBERATION OF/ GUERNSEY ON THE 9TH/ MAY, 1945 AFTER 5 YEARS/ OF ENEMY OCCUPATION
Associated plaque 1 (on the upper plinth-section of the cenotaph): THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (Names)
Associated plaque 2, on the lower plinth-section of the cenotaph: (WW2 names)
Separate plaque (on the top step): THE FALKLANDS WAR/ (1982)/ (name)
Unveiling plaque (precise location on the memorial currently unknown): THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY/ THE PEOPLE OF/ GUERNSEY/ AND UNVEILED ON/ SEPTEMBER 19TH 1926/ BY/ MAJOR GENERAL THE HONOURABLE/ SIR CHARLES SACKVILLE-WEST/ K.B.E. C.B. C.M.G./ LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR