Talk:Chester War Memorial

Congratulations
on your DYK!

I have retrieved the description of the saints from a footnote to the text. The identity of the saints is important in understanding the meaning of the monument.

Since WWI, Michael, previously simply seen as a warrior saint, has been increasingly used to represent the Air Force.

Question: do Roberts and Morris give a description of the style of the monument, or merely its form? I have added the words "in the Gothic style" in relation to the niches. However, it would also be good to mention that the plinth is battlemented, in keeping with the cathedral.

Amandajm (talk) 00:21, 5 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your comments, and particularly for the considerable improvements you have made. R&M make no mention of the style of the memorial, nor do they say that the plinth is battlemented; in fact their description is rather brief, most of the text being about the history of the planning and building.  I have been reluctant to add what can obviously be seen, but not mentioned in the text, I guess because it may be construed to be OR - or maybe it isn't. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 10:13, 5 January 2014 (UTC)