Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial
Burgess Hill War Memorial

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The memorial was designed by Walter Tower, while William Gough designed the figure of Saint George with dragon on top of the memorial column. The cast was by Broad Salmon & Co. Ltd (best known for the 'Eros' statue at Piccadilly Circus, London).
Title

Burgess Hill War Memorial

Medium

bronze & stone

Accession number

RH15_LS_S004

Work type

War memorial

Custodian

Burgess Hill Town Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

11th November 1923

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on plaque on plinth: This monument is set up by / the inhabitants of Burgess Hill to / commemorate their gratitude / to all those who served their / King and Country in the Great / War, 1914-1918, and especially to / the honoured memory of those / whose names are here recorded, / who went forth from this / place and returned not again; on separate plaque below: Re-dedicated in 1972 to all those / who gave their lives throughout the / years that we might live in peace.

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Located at

Crescent Way, Burgess Hill

RH15 9AS