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The memorial stands to the south-east of the car park, and north of the main reception to the Horlicks factory (The Glaxo SmithKline building). This, and the surrounding land is now under demolition and being developed into commercial and residential dwellings as part of the Crossrail Programme. As the memorial is Grade II Listed it has been fenced off awaiting removal to an alternative location. The bronze statue is life-size and depicts a tall and bare-footed female figure, wearing a long shawl. Her downward-tilted face carries an expression of grief, as she grips the shawl in her left hand and holds it to her lips. The Purbeck stone base is in the form of a simplified classical stone pedestal. The main body of the pedestal is battered in profile, and reduces in size via three stepped bands as it extends up to the upper moulding.

Title

Horlicks War Memorial

Date

1949

Medium

Purbeck stone, bronze & limestone

Accession number

SL1_BC_S002

Acquisition method

purchased by Horlicks Limited

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Horlicks Limited

Custodian

Glaxo Smith Kline

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

11 Nov 1949

Listing date

16/05/18

Access

not accessible

Access note

access is strictly limited as the statue is currently in the middle of a construction site

Inscription description

principal inscription, south side: LEST WE / FORGET; subsidiary inscription below: HORLICKS MEMORIAL / TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WARS OF / 1914-1918 1939-1945; the remaining sides are inscribed with name, rank and country of the two family members, and the twenty-three Horlick's employees who lost their lives in the First or Second World Wars

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