War Memorial
at Burslem
 

Location:  War Memorial, World War I in Swan Square, outside Burslem Methodist Mission
Installed: designed 1920-21 and Unveiled 11 November 1921    
Commissioned by: erected by public subscription
Architect: C G Cowlishaw
Stonemason: W.A.R.Mellor Ltd
Sculptor: C Wallett

Inscriptions: (front, above figure of soldier) 1914-1918 (left side of monument) THEIR NAME/LIVETH/FOR EVERMORE. (back of monument, below coat of arms)  BURSLEM'S/MEMORIAL TO HER/HEROIC SONS/1914-1918/1939-1945 (right side of monument) THEY DIED/THAT/WE MIGHT LIVE   Signatures: (at back of pedestal, bottom right) C. [?G.] COWLISHAW/ARCHITECT/W. [?A.R.] MELLOR LTD/SCULPTORS Description: There are two steps up to the monument. The figure of a soldier dressed in World War I uniform appears on the front face of the square-sectioned memorial. He stands within a shallow niche, holding his gun end downwards. His head is bare, and his hat lies next to his right foot. The Burslem coat of arms appears on the rear face of the monument, above the inscription. Both the right and left sides of the monument are decorated with a Latin cross and, below that, a wreath festooned with drapes.   Background: The memorial was unveiled by the Earl of Dartmouth, 11 November 1921

   


The figure of a soldier dressed in World War I uniform
appears on the front face of the square-sectioned memorial.
He stands within a shallow niche, holding his gun end downwards.
His head is bare, and his hat lies next to his right foot.

(back of monument, below coat of arms)
 BURSLEM'S/MEMORIAL TO HER/HEROIC SONS/1914-1918/1939-1945

 

The Burslem coat of arms appears on the rear
face of the monument, above the inscription.

Both the right and left sides of the monument are decorated
with a Latin cross and, below that, a wreath festooned with drapes.

(left side of monument) THEIR NAME/LIVETH/FOR EVERMORE.

 

(right side of monument) THEY DIED/THAT/WE MIGHT LIVE

 

Materials:

 

Part of work	Material	Dimensions
Statue	Stone	Lifesize
Monument	Stone	5m high x 2m wide