Memorial

Southwick and Fishersgate Obelisk

Memorial

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

South end of The Green facing Grange Road, Southwick And Fishersgate Obelisk, The Green, Southwick, Adur, West Sussex, BN42 4DA, England

TQ 24120 05185

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 16821
Description: An obelisk of aggregate bricks on a similar corniced plinth. The roadside face has a metal wreath and dedication plaque. The other three sides each have a tablet with WW1 names. The whole is on a raised oval platform accessed by a pair of steps. The WW2 tablet is between the steps. There is an oval flower bed with a single tree on each side of the platform.
Inscription: On obelisk, upper plaque: THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF / SOUTHWICK / AND / FISHERSGATE, / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919. // LET THOSE FOR WHOM THEY DIED, / SEE THEY BE NOT FORGOTTEN. On obelisk, lower plaque: 1939-1945 On tablets: 1939 – THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVER MORE – 1945 (Names)

Obelisk

Height: 5900 MM

Width: 2290 MM

Made from: Brick

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1389099