TheDulwich Old College War Memorial is located in the forecourt ofDulwich Old College on College Road inDulwich in theLondon Borough of Southwark. It marks the deaths of the former pupils of the college who died in theFirst World War between 1914 and 1919.[1] The memorial is made fromHopton Wood stone and was designed byWilliam Douglas Caröe. It was unveiled in 1921.[2] It has beengrade II listed on theNational Heritage List for England since May 2010. The heritage listing places the memorial within a "visual and contextual relationship" with the Grade II listed Old College building and the entrance gates and piers of the Old College, also Grade II listed.[2][3][4]
The memorial is in the form of a tall tapering shaft ofHopton Wood stone, topped by a diamondentablature which bears carved images ofChrist the King to the north and south sides.[2]
The shaft stands on a square pedestal, with its north face decorated with the shield of Dulwich College with the college mottoDETUR GLORIA/ SOLI DEO ("Let glory be given to God alone") inscribed above, and the south face has a panel with a design of a double trefoil-headed window.[citation needed]
The pedestal stands on a four tiered octagonal plinth. The top tier is decorated with floral motifs and encircled by an inscription in raised letters:
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF THIS FOUNDATION WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914–1919 AND IN/ SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR/ LIBERTY AND JUSTICE TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD.[2]
Oak panels on the south wall of Christ's Chapel in the Old College building record the names of the dead.[citation needed]
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