Althorne War Memorial

The Althorne War Memorial is a First World War memorial that has names added after the Second World War. It features an oak structure with a roof covered in plain red clay tiles, located prominently on a triangular green at the junction of Main Road and Station Road.

The memorial is designed as a public shelter in the form of a lychgate, standing on a rectangular paved area and enclosed by a low chain fence. The oak structure is pegged and consists of two principal posts with diagonal braces at both the lower and upper ends. It supports a steeply sloping roof with a subtle double pitch and pierced trefoils in the gable heads.

Above the seat backs is a large bronze plaque adorned with a wreath and laurel branches in relief, flanked by the outline of a battlemented wall. Below this plaque is a carved banner with the inscription in raised lettering: "THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY DAY AND NIGHT." Surrounding the four sides of the plaque is another inscription, also in raised lettering, which reads: "ALTHORNE ALSO SENT FORTH MEN TO FIGHT THAT YE MIGHT INHERIT FREEDOM AND PEACE WITH VICTORY HONOUR THEREFORE THOSE WHO DIED UNTO THIS END 1914 - 1919." The names of the eighteen men who fell in the First World War are listed below. Additionally, a small separate bronze plaque beneath the main plaque bears the date 1939 - 1945 and the names of the two men who fell in the Second World War.