War Memorials
| Work | Image | Location | Notes and References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke War Memorial | Basingstoke Hampshire | Roslyn carried out the sculptural work for this memorial. | |
| Bexhill War Memorial | Bexhill East Sussex | On the Bexhill promenade in East Sussex, Roslyn's winged “Victory” figure is placed in front of an obelisk. The memorial was unveiled on 12 December 1920 by Brigadier General H O’Donnell. Photograph shown courtesy Justin Bailey. | |
| Blackley War Memorial | Blackley Manchester | Roslyn carried out the sculptural work on Blackley's War Memorial. The memorial features a winged “Victory” bronze surmounting a tall pedestal. The whole work stands on a broad stone base with pillars at the four corners on which are four smaller figures holding emblems which represent the Army, Navy, Air Force and Nursing Services. Sadly these figures are now missing. The pillars are linked by chain link railings which enclose the area. The memorial was unveiled on 28 May 1921. | |
| Buxton | Buxton Derbyshire | On Buxton's memorial, Roslyn again features a bronze figure representing “Victory”. The memorial was unveiled on 18 September 1920 by Lieut General Sir Ivor Maxse. Photograph courtesy "melodysparks" | |
| Calverley War Memorial | Calverley West Yorkshire | In Victoria Park, Calverley, on the Carr Road, Roslyn's memorial has a bronze “Victory” figure and was unveiled on 28 May 1922. Photograph shown courtesy "Rubber rat productions" See note on Greengates. | |
| Clitheroe War Memorial | Clitheroe | The Clitheroe memorial, which stands in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle in Lancashire, features a bronze soldier standing in mourning pose his head bowed and fire-arm reversed. Image courtesy "Jaxpix 50". | |
| Darwen War Memorial | Darwen Lancashire | The Darwen memorial again features the “Victory” bronze and also has bronze relief panels set into the sides of the pedestal. Unveiled on 27 September 1921 by a Mrs.Chadwick. The photograph shown is one of the Darwen reliefs and features a nurse. | |
| Denholme War Memorial | Denholme West Yorkshire | Roslyn carried out the sculptural work on this War Memorial which was unveiled on 11 November 1922 by Colonel Sugden. The Memorial involves a bronze featuring a serviceman standing head bowed and with arms reversed. | |
| Edmonton War Memorial | Edmonton North London | Roslyn carried out the sculptural work on this War Memorial. It was unveiled by Air Vice Marshall Sir Philip Game on 26 October 1924. | |
| Greengates War Memorial | Greengates West Yorkshire | At Greengates and in the Garden of Remembrance on the Harrogate Road, we have a winged bronze “Victory" figure unveiled on 5 November 1921 by Lt.Col Alderman Anthony Gadie. The memorial is dedicated to the men of both Greengates and Apperley Bridge who fell in the First World war. "FREEDOM" "HONOUR" "JUSTICE" AND "PEACE" are carved at the top of the column. Photograph courtesy "Speccy beardy". At the time of the unveiling, the figure was described as representing “peace gained through sacrifice”. Roslyn worked on the overall design with a local retired architect, E. Wright. This is one of three similar compositions in the area, the others being in the park at Calverley, a few miles away over the municipal boundary in Leeds, and at Wetherby, where the memorial sits on the bridge. Each of the figures has details which make reference to classical depictions of Athene in her role as the "bringer of victory". In 2003, the Greengates memorial was threatened by a road-widening scheme and a local resident approached Sir Donald Thompson for advice. The Trust’s Conservation Officer, in collaboration with a Regional Volunteer, made a successful application for the memorial to be listed and as a result all three of Roslyn’s "Yorkshire ladies" are now listed Grade II. | |
| Haslingden War Memorial | Haslingden Lancashire | At Haslingdean in Lancashire, Roslyn's composition reverts to a soldier standing over a wounded comrade. The photograph is of a plaque which stands next to the memorial. | |
| Holyhead War Memorial | Holyhead Gwynedd | The memorial in Victoria Square, Holyhead in Gwynedd, takes the form of a Cenotaph and features a bronze relief of a soldier and another of a sailor. Unveiled 15 September 1923 by Sir R.H.Williams-Bulkeley. | |
| Ipswich Oddfellows Memorial Plaque | Ipswich Suffolk | Roslyn also worked on a bronze memorial plaque to the 254 men of the Oddfellows district of Ipswich who died in the First World War but this has disappeared. | |
| Kenfig Hill and Pyle War Memorial | Kenfig Mid Glamorgan Wales | Roslyn carried out the sculptural work on this War Memorial. It was unveiled in November 1925 by Major-General Sir Thomas O Marden. Roslyn features a bronze figure of "Victory" in his composition. One raised hand holds a wreath and the other a baton. | |
| Little Common War Memorial | Little Common Sussex | At Little Common in East Sussex, Roslyn executed a simple granite memorial unveiled on 21 November 1920 by Major General Sir John Longley. | |
| Maesteg War memorial | Maesteg Mid-Glamorgan Wales | Roslyn carried out the sculptural work on the Maesteg War Memorial which was unveiled on 11 November 1926 by Major-General Sir Thomas O Marden. A soldier stands “on guard” over a wounded comrade. | |
| Oswaldtwistle War Memorial | Oswaldtwistle Lancashire | At Oswaldtwistle, Roslyn combines the bronze “Victory” figure, the soldier defending a wounded comrade and now has bronze figures seated on the prow of ships which project from the pedestal. These two figures represent the Royal Navy and the RAF. Unveiled on 14 January 1922 by Major General H Shoubridge. Here we see a photograph of the Oswaldtwistle work. A soldier stands protectively over a wounded colleague. | |
| Port Talbot War Memorial | Port Talbot | The memorial at Port Talbot has a “Victory” bronze figure at the top and bronze relief panels on three sides. In one relief Roslyn features a male figure holding a wreath and sword, in another a female figure features with child and lamb and in the third a draped female figure holds a palm and lamp and a further frieze depicts marching soldiers carrying wounded comrades past battlefield crosses. The Port Talbot memorial was unveiled on 4 July 1925 by Field Marshal Sir William R Robertson. Photograph courtesy "C J Mellows". | |
| Portstewart War Memorial | Portstewart Londonderry North Ireland | Roslyn features a soldier in service dress with rifle raised. Photograph shown courtesy "hondarider 13". | |
| Rawtenstall War Memorial | Rawtenstall Lancashire | Roslyn executed the sculptural work on this memorial in St Marys Church Memorial Gardens, St Marys Way, Rawtenstall, Lancashire. The memorial consists of an obelisk at the foot of which are mounted four high relief panels. One features a soldier, a farm labourer, a woman and child and a wren, another an airman, two nurses, a labourer, and a servicewoman, another a medical orderly, miner, sailor and an officer and the final panel features coal miners, and railwaymen. A Miss Carrie Whitehead unveiled the memorial on 29 June 1929. A montage of photographs of the Rawtenstall War Memorial is shown on the left. | |
| Royal Marines Museum | Portsmouth Hampshire | Roslyn was the sculptor of the memorial to Brigadier General F.W.Lumsden,V.C.,C.B.,D.S.O. in the Royal Marines Museum Photograph courtesy "greentool2002". | |
| St Giles Cathedral | Edinburgh Lothian Scotland | Roslyn completed a bronze plaque for this Scottish Cathedral with an inscription in relief. Two female figures are depicted in low relief. Both are holding large banners in one hand. The figure on the left kneels with head bowed and holds a wreath in her other hand. The other figure holds a dagger. | |
| St Peter and St Paul Church | Tonbridge Kent | Roslyn executed a memorial plaque for this Tonbridge church. The plaque remembers those men of Tonbridge who fell in the Second Boer War. | |
| Swanley War Memorial | Swanley Kent | At Swanley in Kent by St Mary the Virgin Church we again find Roslyn using a bronze “Victory” figure on the Swanley War Memorial. The Swanley War memorial was unveiled in 1922 and amongst the names recorded is that of Staff-Paymaster Joseph Gedge, a Swanley man, who was killed in action on 6 August 1914 when his ship HMS "Amphion" sank in the Thames Estuary after hitting a German mine. Gedge was the first British officer killed in action in World War 1. Indeed a "Gedge Medal" named in honour of Joseph Gedge was subsequently issued. | |
| Tottenham War Memorial | Tottenham London | At Tottenham in North London Roslyn carried out the sculptural work on the local War Memorial. Photograph shown courtsey "Failing Angel". | |
| Wetherby War Memorial | Wetherby Yorkshire | The memorial at Wetherby stands on the Boston Road and features a winged “Victory” figure in bronze with a wreath held aloft in her left hand. Unveiled on 22 April 1922 by the Right Honourable Earl of Harewood. Photograph courtesy "Speccy beardy". See Greengates and Calverley. |
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