Woolhampton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 2017. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.

Woolhampton War Memorial

WRENN ID
patient-gateway-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: Doulting stone.

DESCRIPTION: Woolhampton War Memorial is located in St Peter’s churchyard. It consists of a Latin cross surmounting an octagonal shaft rising from a square plinth.

On three sides of the memorial the lettering is inscribed onto the face of the plinth, and on one side the lettering is in relief with a figure of a soldier and a sailor with arms reversed standing either side of the inscription, which reads: IN HONOUR / OF THE MEN / OF / WOOLHAMPTON / WHO DIED IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / AND THE / 1939 – 1945 WAR / (NAMES). Further names are inscribed on the other two faces and on the rear face of the plinth is a further inscription which reads: “THEY PASSED OUT / OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH / OF DUTY AND SELF / SACRIFICE” / 1939 – 1945 WAR / (NAMES).

The plinth is set upon a square two-stepped base.

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