Smith's Dock Company War Memorial, Normanby

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial of 1922 with alterations after the Second World War. MATERIALS: Portland stone cenotaph with sandstone steps and flagstones. PLAN: square plinth with two inset pilasters to form cruciform shape on a two-stepped base. DESCRIPTION: the Smith’s Dock War Memorial stands at the head of a short avenue of yews in Smith’s Dock Park at the end of Smith’s Dock Road. The memorial takes the form of a stone plinth surmounted by a tapered, corniced cenotaph. The cenotaph is flanked by pilasters with reeded necking. At the top of the cenotaph is a carved wreath. The front, south-west facing side of the memorial has an incised inscription, this reads 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN MEMORIAM / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN MEMORIAM / ERECTED BY SMITHS DOCK COMPANY LTD / IN MEMORY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES / FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / JULY 1922 There is a series of seven bronze plaques set at a slight angle in a stone surround on the ground in front of the war memorial. The first plaque is inscribed with TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND / THE HONOUR / OF THEIR / COUNTRY. The second to fifth plaques read IN MEMORIAM / 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES). The sixth plaque reads IN MEMORIAM / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES). The seventh plaque reads (NAMES) / ERECTED BY / SMITH’S DOCK COMPANY LIMITED / IN MEMORY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES / FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / JULY 1922 / THIS CENOTAPH WAS REFURBISHED BY THE / FRIENDS OF SMITH’S DOCK PARK WAR MEMORIAL / JULY 2011. The memorial stands on two sandstone steps, within a sandstone flagged area. The memorial area is reached by a flight of sandstone steps, flanked by a low plinth wall with shor

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.