| 词条 | University of Reading War Memorial |
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|name = University of Reading War Memorial |image = File:University of Reading War Memorial.jpg |country = United Kingdom |commemorates = approximately 200 men and women from Reading killed in the World Wars |unveiled = 1924 |coordinates = {{coord|51|27|01.6|N|00|57|40.3|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline, title}} |location = London Road Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire |nearest_town = |designer = Herbert Maryon |inscription = | embedded={{infobox designation list | embed=yes | designation1 = Grade II | designation1_offname = University of Reading War Memorial | designation1_date = 12 February 1987 | designation1_number = 1113620 }}}} The University of Reading War Memorial is a clock tower, designed by Herbert Maryon and situated on the London Road Campus of the University of Reading. Initially designed as a First World War memorial and dedicated in June 1924, it was later expanded in scope to also serve as a memorial of later wars. History and designMemorials to servicemen who died in the First World War were erected soon after the end of the conflict.[1] Plans to build a permanent memorial at the University of Reading unfolded in 1919, when William Macbride Childs, the principal of the college, printed a pamphlet suggesting several ideas.[2] The final design was ultimately made by Herbert Maryon, a teacher of sculpture at the university;[2] he would later gain broad recognition in a second career at the British Museum, where he conserved many of the finds from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, termed "the most important single discovery in British archaeology."[4] His initial proposal, made in 1919, was for a tower of {{convert|120|ft}} that would have cost between £5,000 and £10,000.[1] The funds could not be raised, and in 1923 Maryon proposed a structure of half that height.[1][2] Construction began that November, and the memorial was dedicated the following June.[2] The finished memorial, which cost £2,750, is a {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} brick tower with a clock, a bell, and a bronze roll of honour listing the names of more than 140 people who died in the war.[2][10] The scope of the memorial was expanded following the Second World War, and in May 1953 a panel with more than 70 names of the dead from that conflict was unveiled.[1][2][10] It now also commemorates those who died in the war in Afghanistan;[2] in 2012 a plaque was unveiled honouring Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, {{postnominals|MBE}}, a 1991 graduate of the University whose 2009 death made him the highest-ranking officer of the British Army killed in action since the Falklands War. On 12 February 1987, the memorial was designated a grade II listed building, a status given for its special architectural or historic interest.[16] On 9 November 2018, the University of Reading announced plans to add nine additional names of servicemen who died in the First World War to the memorial.[1][2] References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR787177.aspx|title=University of Reading|website=University of Reading|language=en-uk|access-date=2018-11-30}} {{free access}}[3][4][5][6][7]2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.reading.co.uk/university-of-reading-to-add-names-to-war-memorial/|title=University of Reading to Add Names To War Memorial|date=2018-11-09|work=Reading.co.uk|access-date=2018-11-30|language=en-GB}} 3. ^1 {{cite news | ref = harv | last = Bruce-Mitford | first = Rupert | author-link = Rupert Bruce-Mitford | title = Mr. Herbert Maryon | newspaper = The Times | location = London | department = Obituary | page = 14 | issue = 56381 | date = 23 July 1965 | url = http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3nX6k2 }} {{closed access}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web | ref = {{harvid|Reading University Memorial}} | last = | first = | title = Reading University | date = | website = War Memorials Register | publisher = Imperial War Museums | url = https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/41427 | accessdate = 9 October 2018 }} {{free access}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web | ref = | last = | first = | title = Reading University College: WW1 and Beyond | date = 2014 | website = University of Reading | publisher = | url = https://www.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/exhibitions/sc-exhibition-reading-at-war.aspx | accessdate = 15 October 2018 }} {{free access}} 6. ^1 {{cite web | ref = {{harvid|Historic England Reading}} | last = | first = | title = University of Reading War Memorial | date = | website = Historic England | publisher = | url = https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1113620 | accessdate = 11 October 2018 }} {{free access}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | ref = | last = | first = | title = War and Memory | date = 2016 | website = University of Reading | publisher = | url = https://www.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/exhibitions/sc-exhibition-war-and-memory.aspx | accessdate = 15 October 2018 }} {{free access}} }} 6 : Grade II listed buildings in Berkshire|Military history of Berkshire|Monuments and memorials in Berkshire|World War I memorials in the United Kingdom|World War II memorials in the United Kingdom|1924 establishments in England |
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