Lower Swell War Memorial
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| Lower Swell War Memorial | |
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| United Kingdom | |
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| For men from Lower Swell killed in the First World War | |
| Unveiled | 31 July 1921 |
| Location | 51°55′41″N 1°44′55″W / 51.92801°N 1.74871°W near |
| Designed by | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Lower Swell War Memorial |
| Designated | 25 August 1960 |
| Reference no. | 1089867 |
Lower Swell War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the centre of the village of Lower Swell in Gloucestershire in south-western England. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was unveiled in 1921 and is today a grade II listed building.[1]
In the aftermath of the First World War and its unprecedented casualties, thousands of war memorials were built across Britain. Amongst the most prominent designers of memorials was the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, described by Historic England as "the leading English architect of his generation". Lutyens designed the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, which became the focus for the national Remembrance Sunday commemorations, as well as the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing—the largest British war memorial anywhere in the world—and the Stone of Remembrance which appears in all large Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and in several of Lutyens's civic war memorials.[1]
Many of Lutyens' commissions for war memorials originated from friends or pre-war clients in the area. In Lower Swell it appears the commission was made through Mark Fenwick, a regular client for whom Lutyens renovated his nearby house, Abbotswood in the early 1900s.[1][2][3]