Citizens' War Memorial
Christchurch_heritage_montage_01.jpg: *Christchurch_Press_Building_-_as_it_once_was.jpg: Dave Jackson
ChristchurchBasilica_gobeirne.jpg: Photograph by Greg O'Beirne
War_Angel,_Christchurch.jpg: Eric Bréchemier
ChristChurchCathedral1_gobeirne.jpg: Photograph by Greg O'Beirne
Canterbury_Club,_Christchurch,_gas_lamp.jpg: Cheong Tak Wai, from Singapore
Riccarton_house_December_2008.jpg: Iain Fergusson
Bridge_of_Remembrance,_Christchurch.jpg: Eli Duke
derivative work: Schwede66
Old_Buildings_on_Tuam_St..jpg: Iain Ferguson
derivative work: Schwede66 · CC BY-SA 3.0
1937
public art
A tall stone cenotaph in Cathedral Square, the memorial consists of a tapering stone pillar flanked by bronze figures of servicemen and -women. The cross at its summit and the carved panels depicting scenes of sacrifice follow the conventio …
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