West Hartlepool War Memorial

Infobox Military Memorial
name= West Hartlepool War Memorial 1914-1919
body= Hartlepool Borough Council


caption=
commemorates= Soldiers from West Hartlepool who fought in World War I
use_dates= 1914-1919
coordinates=
nearest_town= Hartlepool
designer= West Hartlepool War Memorial Commmittee and George Coombs
inscription= (South Elevation)
Thine O Lord
is the victory
(North Elevation)
In grateful remembrance
of the men of this town
who at their country's
call left all that was
dear to them to hazard
their lives that others
might live in freedom
Their name liveth for evermore
established= 1923
unveiled and dedicated= 1923-10-11

West Hartlepool War Memorial is a war memorial in Hartlepool, England which, as stated in the "Programme of Dedication and Unveiling of the West Hartlepool War Memorial 1914-1919 on 11 October 1923", is dedicated to, and in honour of, both the living and the dead from the town of West Hartlepool in World War I. West Hartlepool was amalgamated with Hartlepool in the 1960s.

The memorial is a granite structure which includes the monumnt which is an obelisk and is located at Victory Square off Victoria Road in Hartlepool town centre next to Middleton Grange Shopping Centrecite web
last = Edwards
first = Martin
title = Hartlepool (West) War Memorial
publisher = roll-of-honour.com
date = 2005-12-06
url = http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/Hartlepool/West.html
accessdate = 2008-06-24] and was built in 1923.cite news
last = Lambert
first = Tim
title = A Brief History of Hartlepool
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url = http://localhistories.org/hartlepool.html
accessdate = 2008-06-24]

Commissioning and building the memorial

The land on which it is located, and on which Victory Square in its original form was laid out with the monument occupying a dominant position was part of a former parade ground, next to Victoria Road. It was acquired for the building of a war memorial at the initiative of the West Hartlepool War Memorial Committee, which had been formed in 1919 and the monument was erected following a competition adjudicated on by a former President of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1921. The monument was designed by George Coombs.

The Memorial, which is a Grade II listed building, comprises Victory Square and the monument on it which is an obelisk mounted on a pedestal which rises from a platform approached by five steps symbolizing the five years of the war. The steps comprise four treads, with a rise of two feet six inches, the floor being "Victory Square".

Inscriptions

The north elevation bears the arms of West Hartlepool within a wreath, with the inscription "In grateful remembrance of the men of this town who at their country's call left all that was dear to them to hazard their lives that others might live in freedom. Their name liveth for evermore."

The south elevation is surmounted by a cross and a wreath and bears the inscription, "Thine O lord is the victory".

References

External links

* [http://www.warmemorials.org/ War Memorials Trust]