Chingford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2014. War memorial.
Chingford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- blind-sill-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green MP: Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 384 944
- Coordinates
- 51.63153, -0.00128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chingford War Memorial is a war memorial cross that was unveiled in 1921 and designed by WA Lewis. It is made of granite and features an octagonal stepped paved base. The memorial is located in a paved area within a small garden at an intersection on the edge of the former village green.
The memorial consists of a tapered square shaft topped with a Celtic cross. The rectangular granite plinth has applied lettering on each face. The front of the plinth is inscribed with the words: ‘IN / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE / MEN OF CHINGFORD / WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / "WE ARE THE DEAD..... / TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS / WE THROW THE TORCH / BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH.” The frame surrounding this panel includes the inscription: ‘AND OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES 1939 – 1945.’ Additionally, a panel applied to the plinth step reads ‘IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF CHINGFORD / 1945 TO PRESENT DAY, LEST WE FORGET.’ The other sides of the plinth list the names of the 242 soldiers who fell in World War I.
Local climate
Chingford War Memorial 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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