Sandhurst War Memorial
Sandhurst
Kent, England
Lutyens’s 1923 war memorial here is a standard War Cross set at the centre of an unusually elaborate paved stone cross in the lawn, with circular planting beds and seats terminating the arms, probably commissioned via his New Delhi colleague James Wilson and unveiled by Lord Goschen.
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Description
It is possible that the commission for the memorial came via James Wilson, an architect and close friend of Lutyens and who had worked with him in New Delhi. Its setting is the most elaborate of any of the simple War Crosses that Lutyens designed, being at the heart of a large cross formed by strips of limestone paving set into the surrounding grass. There is a circular planting bed at the end of each of the long arms and a seat at the ends of the short ones. It is a delightful composition.
The memorial was unveiled by Lord Groschen in August 1923. (Contributor: Tim Skelton)
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