Rockbourne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 2015. War memorial.
Rockbourne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tattered-gravel-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rockbourne War Memorial, Hants
- OS grid reference
- SU 114 181
- Coordinates
- 50.96266, -1.83882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rockbourne War Memorial is located prominently on the main village street in Rockbourne, within a small three-sided hedged enclosure that is accessed by eight stone steps. The memorial features a sandstone cross atop a tapered column, which is set on a two-step square plinth resting on a square stone base.
Inscriptions and names are carved on the east faces of the plinths. The uppermost inscription reads: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1914-1918." The lower face lists ten names of those who lost their lives in the First World War. The south face of the upper plinth is inscribed with "1939-1945," beneath which are four names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War. On the west face, the upper plinth bears the inscription: "THE FITTEST PLACE WHERE MAN CAN DIE IS WHERE HE DIES FOR MAN."
Additionally, a metal plaque was later added to the north face of the plinth, which repeats the names inscribed on the east face.
Local climate
Rockbourne War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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