Sandhurst War Memorial
| Sandhurst War Memorial | |
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| For men from Sandhurst killed in the First World War | |
| Unveiled | August 1923 |
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51°01′37″N 0°33′47″E / 51.02682°N 0.56318°ECoordinates: 51°01′37″N 0°33′47″E / 51.02682°N 0.56318°E The Green, Sandhurst, Kent near Hastings (East Sussex), Royal Tunbridge Wells (Kent) |
| Designed by | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name | Sandhurst War Memorial |
| Designated | 05 July 1993 |
| Reference no. | 1336752 |
Sandhurst War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Sandhurst in Kent, south-eastern England, close to the border with East Sussex. The memorial is one of fifteen War Crosses by Sir Edwin Lutyens and arguably the one with the most elaborate setting. It was unveiled in 1923 and is today a grade II listed building.
In the aftermath of the First World War and its unprecedented casualties, thousands of war memorials were built across Britain. Amongst the most prominent designers of memorials was the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, described by Historic England as "the leading English architect of his generation". Lutyens designed the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, which became the focus for the national Remembrance Sunday commemorations, as well as the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing—the largest British war memorial anywhere in the world—and the Stone of Remembrance which appears in all large Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and in several of Lutyens's civic war memorials. Sandhurst's memorial is one of fifteen War Crosses by Lutyens, all of which share a broadly similar design.
Prior to the outbreak of the First World War, Lutyens established his reputation by designing country houses for wealthy clients; many of Lutyens' commissions for war memorials originated with pre-war friends and clients. In the case of Sandhurst, it appears Lutyens had a close personal friendship with a local resident, James Wilson.
The village established a war memorial committee, which was chaired by Mr Herbert Alexander and chose a site on Goddards Green in the centre of the village, in front of the village's clock tower, which dates from 1889.
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