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Designated. 10 September 1970. Reference no. 1257512. The York City War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in York in the north of England. Proposals for commemorating York's war dead originated in 1919 but proved controversial. Initial discussions focused on whether a memorial should be a monument ...
After both memorials had been erected, it was found that there were some extra funds available for the City of York Memorial, and so Lutyens designed additional memorial gates for the entrance to the gardens of the city cenotaph at no extra cost. The City War Memorial is inscribed on the south side ‘TO THE CITIZENS OF YORK 1914 – 1918 1939 ...
Summary First World War memorial by Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, 1925, with later inscriptions. Reasons for Designation York City War Memorial, situated in the War Memorial Garden on Leeman Road, is listed at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the ...
Nov 7, 2015 · This War Cross, commemorating 1,162 servicemen from York who died fighting in the war, had a controversial history that meant six years elapsed between the opening of a memorial fund in 1919 and its unveiling in 1925. Lutyens was designing both the York City memorial and the North-Eastern Railway Company memorial, also in York.
Oct 29, 2015 · There was also general disquiet about the City memorial location and about costs. The memorial - which had a bottle, coins and a current newspaper - was finally unveiled by the Duke of York in front of huge crowds on 22 June 1925. Despite cost concerns, £400 remained unspent and so Lutyens was commissioned to design pillars and entrance gates ...
The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York, and dedicated by the Archbishop of York, on 25 June 1925 at a ceremony attended by great crowds. Earlier that day the Duchess of York had unveiled the Five Sisters Window in York Minster, as a memorial to 1,450 women “of the Empire” who had died during the First World War.
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Nov 9, 2015 · The memorial was unveiled 11 November 1926 to immense crowds. The memorial is adjacent to the Grade I listed Church of All Saints. Lutyens’ striking Cornish granite memorial is sited close to Grade I listed Rochdale Town Hall, used as a First World War enlisting point. The cenotaph was unveiled 26 November 1922.
