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Lismore Road, EASTBOURNE, BN21 3AX

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Eastbourne war memorial stands on a roundabout at the junction of several roads. Unveiled in November, 1920, the memorial is in granite with bronze sculpture and plaques. The memorial carries no names, but over 1,000 names of the fallen are inscribed on oak panels in the Town Hall. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441521 Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort on the south coast of East Sussex, some 54 miles south of London and about 19 miles east of Brighton. Although there is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards, Eastbourne remained an area of small rural settlements until the railway arrived in 1849. A resort, built "for gentlemen by gentlemen", was planned and the town's growth accelerated from a population of less than 4,000 in 1851 to nearly 35,000 by 1891. Tourism is a large and important part of the economy of the town.

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The War Memorial in Devonshire Place at Eastbourne. The memorial, by Henry Charles Fehr, was unveiled in 1920. It is in the form of a granite memorial which is surmounted by bronze statue, the ‘Angel of Victory’, holding a laurel wreath in the left hand and a raised inverted sword in the right (Image]). There are bronze plaques to north and south sides. This is looking at the south face, the raised lettering on the bronze plaque reads: THE TRIBUTE OF EASTBOURNE TO HER GALLANT SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED ON OAK TABLETS IN THE TOWN HALL (Image]) For a detailed description, see http://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=21 Public Sculptures of Sussex