Hartley Wintney War Memorial

The c3.2m tall limestone memorial is situated at the north boundary beside St John the Evangelist Church, facing north overlooking part of The Common. It comprises a Latin cross with a tapering shaft set on a plinth. Curved flanking walls to either side, ending in stone piers, bear the inscriptions.

At the centre of the cross head a crown of thorns carved in relief encircles the Chrismon of St Ambrose. A reversed sword is carved in relief to the cross shaft. At the top of the plinth is the date 1914-1919 in raised lettering, with below a decorative wreath carved in relief and, at the foot of the plinth, a later addition of the dates 1939-1945, also in relief.

The eastern flanking wall is inscribed BEING DEAD THEY LIVE. Underneath the inscription are the names of 42 servicemen who died in the First World War, recorded alphabetically with rank and regiment. The western wall is inscribed BEING SILENT THEY SPEAK with below a further 41 names. The later Second World War names are recorded below the older names. The piers at either end of the flanking wall record the places where servicemen lost their lives: on the front face of the eastern pier, FRANCE/ BELGIUM/ ITALY/ EUROPE/ MIDDLE EAST, with to one side, THE SEVEN SEAS; and on the western pier, GALLIPOLI/ SALONIKA/ PALESTINE/ AFRICA/ FAR EAST, with EGYPT/ MESOPOTAMIA/ AFRICA to one side. All the lettering is incised and painted black.

The memorial stands on a base of three semi-circular steps.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 July 2017.