In a welcome announcement made this week by the London Planning and Housing Committee of the Greater London Authority, war memorials were put on the agenda for consideration in London’s planning process. The Committee released a report, Not Forgotten: a review of London’s war memorials, urging London Boroughs to make a list of the memorials in their area in association with UKNIWM. This would flag [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Guidance for custodians’
London encouraged to protect war memorials
Posted in In the news, memorials, tagged Guidance for custodians on 10 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grants now available for repair of war memorials in Scotland
Posted in Damage and theft, New or restored, tagged Damage, Guidance for custodians, Lost, Restoration, Scotland, Theft on 14 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new grants scheme is being launched today by Historic Scotland and War Memorials Trust. Funding will be available to ensure that freestanding memorials across Scotland are preserved in recognition of the contribution service men and women have made for their country.
Historic Scotland will provide £30,000 annually to War Memorials Trust who will provide additional funds [...]
Can you move memorials?
Posted in FAQs, tagged Guidance for custodians on 15 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had an enquiry today asking if special permission is needed to move a war memorial. In this case there is a dispute between the council and local residents about relocating the town’s war memorial.
The simple answer is that there is no automatic legal protection for war memorials, although it is possible for freestanding memorials to be listed monuments. Click here [...]
Adding new names to old memorials
Posted in FAQs, tagged Guidance for custodians, Names on 28 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a good example of an enquiry we frequently receive at the UKNIWM.
“I have been asked by some WW2 veterans if names can still be added to war memorials. It is the impression of some people that no names can be added after 1947. I can understand this if it relates to a National War Memorial [...]
Useful guidance for memorial custodians
Posted in FAQs, tagged Guidance for custodians on 12 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Government responsibility for burials, which includes war memorials, was transferred to the new Ministry of Justice when it was created on 9th May 2007.
The new ministry incorporates the former Department for Constitutional Affairs which produced a useful eight-page booklet earlier this year giving advice on the management of war memorials. The booklet, ‘War Memorials in England and [...]
New Patron for War Memorials Trust
Posted in In the news, tagged Guidance for custodians, Restoration on 16 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
War Memorials Trust, a charity that works for the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK, announced today that HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is to become their new patron.
Read more from War Memorials Trust.
We often work closely with War Memorials Trust and have distinct but complementary roles in the preservation and appreciation of UK [...]
Controversy over adding a new name
Posted in In the news, tagged Falklands, Guidance for custodians, Names on 9 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In Brighton there is recent controversy over the local council’s decision not to add the name of a Falklands war casualty to the memorial in Old Steine.
Read more from The Argus
Many local authorities do choose to add additional names for later conflicts to existing First and Second World War memorials. Just this week we received an [...]
Whose memorial is it anyway?
Posted in FAQs, tagged Guidance for custodians, Restoration on 30 April, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had an enquiry today, one we receive relatively frequently, asking how to find out who owns a particular war memorial. This query most often comes from people who are either looking to carry out some restoration work to the memorial or to add a new name. Sadly, with the increase in casualties in Iraq and [...]
