Hathern War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 2019. War memorial.

Hathern War Memorial

WRENN ID
ghost-rafter-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Charnwood
Constituency
Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Hathern War Memorial, Hathern Cemetery, Off Green Hill Rise and Hawthorne Avenue, Leicestershire, LE12 5LR
OS grid reference
SK 501 225
Coordinates
52.79851, -1.25789
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hathern War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions, located in the village cemetery off Green Hill Rise. It is prominently placed at the west end of the cemetery, at the end of a processional route, and is enclosed by a circular stone kerb.

The memorial features a polished Aberdeen-granite square-section pillar with a moulded foot, resting on a simple square base. At the top, it has a pedimented hewn-granite capstone, which is surmounted by a Latin cross.

The main inscription is in incised and gilded lettering and reads: IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918, followed by the names of 21 individuals who fell. On the plinth below, it includes the inscription ‘FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH’/ ALSO OF and an additional name.

On the other faces of the memorial, there is an inscription that reads IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / WORLD WAR OF 1939-1945, along with the names of seven parishioners who died in that conflict, as well as two soldiers who lost their lives in conflicts in Egypt and Cyprus during the 1950s.

Local climate

Hathern War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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