Chale War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 2019. War memorial.
Chale War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hollow-plaster-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Chale War Memorial, Church of St Andrew Churchyard, Military Road, PO38 2HA
- OS grid reference
- SZ 483 775
- Coordinates
- 50.5959, -1.31833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chale War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920, with later additions to honor those who served in the Second World War. It is made of Cornish granite and is located within the churchyard of the Grade II* listed Church of St Andrew, approximately 5 meters to the north-east of the church.
Standing around 3.5 meters tall, the memorial features a rough-hewn granite wheel-head cross atop a tapering plinth, which has a two-stepped square base. The front face of the plinth includes a recessed panel with the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919" followed by 23 names. The inscription continues with the phrase: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Additionally, a raked granite block set into the upper step of the base bears a later inscription that reads: "ALSO OF THOSE MEN OF CHALE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945," along with 6 names, including their regiment and rank.
Local climate
Chale War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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