Althorne War Memorial

First World War memorial with names added after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: oak structure with a roof covering of plain red clay tiles.

PLAN: the memorial is in a prominent location on a triangular green at the junction of Main Road and Station Road.

EXTERIOR: the memorial is 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 the lower and upper ends. It supports a steeply sloping roof which has a subtle double pitch and pierced trefoils in the gable heads. Above the seat backs is a large bronze plaque with wreath and laurel branches in relief, flanked by the outline of a battlemented wall.

Below this is a carved banner with the following inscription in raised lettering: THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY DAY AND NIGHT. Around the four sides of the plaque is the following inscription, also in raised lettering: 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 are listed below. Under the main plaque, a small separate plaque, also in bronze, bears the date 1939 - 1945 and the names of the two men who fell in the Second World War.