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Kingston upon Thames War Memorial

Buildings and structures completed in 1923Grade II* listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesGrade II* listed monuments and memorialsMilitary memorials in LondonWorld War II memorials in England
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War Memorial, Kingston Upon Thames (Geograph 2591235 by Philip Halling)
War Memorial, Kingston Upon Thames (Geograph 2591235 by Philip Halling)

Kingston upon Thames War Memorial, in the Memorial Garden on Union Street, Kingston upon Thames, London, commemorates the men of the town who died in the First World War. After 1945, the memorial was updated to recognise casualties from the Second World War. The memorial was commissioned by the town council and was designed by the British sculptor Richard Reginald Goulden. The memorial includes a bronze statue of a nude warrior, carrying a flaming cross and wielding a sword with which he defends two children from a serpent, erected on a granite plinth, with bronze plaques listing the names of the dead. Goulden designed a number of such allegorical memorials, including others at Crompton, Greater Manchester, and Redhill, Surrey. The Kingston memorial was designated a Grade II listed structure in 1983. This was revised upwards in 2016 to Grade II*, denoting a building or structure of particular importance.

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Kingston upon Thames War Memorial
Memorial Square, London Norbiton (Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames)

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Kingston War Memorial Garden

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KT1 1RS London, Norbiton (Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames)
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War Memorial, Kingston Upon Thames (Geograph 2591235 by Philip Halling)
War Memorial, Kingston Upon Thames (Geograph 2591235 by Philip Halling)
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