Somersham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 2016. War memorial.
Somersham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vacant-landing-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TL 361 779
- Coordinates
- 52.38245, -0.00161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Somersham War Memorial is a Second World War memorial that was erected in 1957. It is made of pale grey granite and takes the form of a tall rectangular slab with shouldered corners. The front of the memorial features the sword of sacrifice in gold against a green circular wreath. Below this, there is an inscription that reads ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 1939-1945’, followed by the names of the thirteen individuals who fell during the war. The slab is supported by a rectangular plinth that is inscribed with the words ‘AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM’. This plinth sits on a shallow base, which is located in a gravelled square area surrounded by a kerb.
Local climate
Somersham War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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