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    Memorial

    Ramsgate - Destiny

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    Current Location

    Albion Gardens, Off Albion Place, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, CT11 8LT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TR 38495 64843

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    © WMR-1979

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    Type of Memorial
    Allegory (eg: Victory)
    WMR Reference Number
    1979
    Description
    Base surmounted by seated shrouded life sized female nude. Faint traces of a wheel and a horse on the reverse. Glass mosaic tiles placed in a circle around the base of the plinth. A dedication those who served is carved on a stone wall behind the statue. The whole is on a raised stone flagged platform approached via 3 steps. Signed Gilbert Bayes, 1920, on base of pedestal.
    Inscription
    THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 TO ALL WHO SERVED - HONOUR
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Maker(s)
    • Gilbert Bayes RA, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills
    Maintenance History
    DEC 2004; RESTORED AND UNVEILED 2004: GRANT APPLICATION TO ENGLISH HERITAGE TO REPAIR THE MEMORIAL. THE MEMORIAL IS IN BADLY ERODED AND THE LOW RELIEF CARVING ON THE FRONT OF THE PLINTH HAS DISAPPEARED. THERE IS SOME LICHEN AND OTHE BIOLOGICAL GROWTH ON THE MEMORIAL. 1968: SCULPTURE WAS BADLY DAMAGED DUE TO VANDALISM. THE PLINTH AND FIGURE WERE PUSHED OVER RESULTING IN MAJOR BREAKS IN THE FIGURE. MEMORIAL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPAIRED. 1921: SCULPTURE SUFFERED SOME MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO VANDALISM

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    December 2004

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Unveiled

    17th December 1920

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Custodian
    THANET DISTRICT COUNCIL

    Components

    Pedestal

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1085348

    Figure

    Height: 2400MM

    Width: 3600MM

    Depth: 3600MM


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1085348

    Wall

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1085348

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    120568

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    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • War Memorials Trust WM754 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=171
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • https://www.learnaboutwarmemorials.org/download/pub/3357.9/ (accessed 7 October 2026)
    • https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1085348?section=overview (accessed 7 October 2026)