Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally Dedicated on 9 June 1937
A plaque at Godley Statue Reserve, standing in Christchurch Central. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally dedicated on 9 June 1937 / Damaged by the Canterbury Earthquakes / Rededicated in the presence of / HRH The Princess Royal / on 17 February 2023
The register’s own frame
The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
The ground’s other names
The Combined Services / [service Crests] / Navy
Godley Statue Reserve plaque, no. 311004
Godley Statue Reserve plaque, no. 311005
Godley Statue Reserve plaque, no. 311006
Godley Statue Reserve plaque, no. 311007In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
6,602 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,434 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Road Signage
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Road Signage
Hazard, vehicle
Trees - General
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Animal - General
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or waQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Godley Statue Reserve in Christchurch Central, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the wall. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
6 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2023. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.
The record behind this
Christchurch City Council’s open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.
This page as markdown: /plaque/310988-godley-statue-reserve.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.