War memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2017. War memorial.
War memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow
- WRENN ID
- dim-forge-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow, London, E17 8QP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 368 886
- Coordinates
- 51.57976, -0.02567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow, is a Cross of Sacrifice designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission. It is made of Portland stone and has an octagonal shape with a facetted, tapering shaft that is chamfered at the base. A bronze sword is mounted on the front face of the cross.
The memorial stands on a tall octagonal base, which is set on a stepped octagonal plinth that rests on paving at ground level. Part of the plinth has been restored. The base features inscriptions with the dates 1914/ + /1918 and 1939/ + /1945, along with the words THEIR / NAME / LIVETH / FOR / EVERMORE beneath it.
This memorial is located at a junction of paths at the head of the central, axial route within Queens Road Cemetery, which was previously known as Walthamstow Cemetery, and is situated to the north of the cemetery chapels.
Local climate
War memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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