War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2007. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallow-brass-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2007
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Nettleden with Potten End
- OS grid reference
- TL 017 089
- Coordinates
- 51.76976, -0.52729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Nettleden with Potten End was constructed in 1922 from Portland Stone and stands 5 meters high. It features a square plinth, which is accessed by two steps, topped with a tapering shaft that is adorned by a cross. At the center of the cross is an engraved cup, and there is a foliate motif at the base of the shaft. The southern face of the plinth bears the inscription: 'TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF/ DAVID NEWBOLD GAUSSEN/LIEUTENANT BEFORDSHIRE REGIMENT/BORN 25 JULY 1893/WOULDED DEVILLE WOOD, BATTLE OF SOMME/DIED THE NEXT DAY 31 JULY 1916/BURIED AT DERNANCOURT/THIS CROSS IS DEDICATED/BY HIS PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS.'
On the west and east faces, there are carved quotes from scripture, while the north face reads: 'IN MEMORY ALSO/OF ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/AND NEIGHBOURHOOD/WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE.'
This memorial serves as an architecturally distinct tribute to those who fell during the First World War, reminding the local community of the significant impact of these events.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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