Cold Ash War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Cold Ash War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- second-doorway-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Cold Ash War Memorial, St Mark's Churchyard, Cold Ash Hill, Thatcham, RG18 9PT
- OS grid reference
- SU 511 699
- Coordinates
- 51.42651, -1.26638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cold Ash War Memorial features a hooded oak Calvary cross with a figure of Christ. On either side of the cross are two bronze panels set in oak frames, each embossed with the names of the fallen, arranged in alphabetical order by surname, with 16 names on each panel.
The inscription at the top of the left panel reads: "OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF / THOSE WHO FROM THIS PARISH HAVE LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR."
The text at the top of the right panel states: "GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST / AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Local climate
Cold Ash War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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