J Lyons and Company First World War Memorial, Margravine Cemetery

Heritage listing

Details The memorial comprises an approximately 3.6m high, four-sided, nine-ton granite pillar with an ornate carved curving top and a splayed base. It is set upon a single-stepped base. The 227 names of those who fell in the First World War are listed in black letters in recessed panels on the four sides of the pillar. A bronze wreath on the splayed base is inscribed in raised letters: ERECTED BY/ J. LYONS & CO LIMITED/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE STAFF WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. A granite trough* installed in 2002 to hold wreaths is set at the front of the pillar and carries an inscription which records the memorial’s relocation to Hammersmith. * Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 ('the Act') it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special or historic interest. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 July 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.