Memorial to Captain Charles Claudius De La Poer Beresford, Royal Engineers is a Grade II listed building in the Rushmoor local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 2010. Memorial.
Memorial to Captain Charles Claudius De La Poer Beresford, Royal Engineers
- WRENN ID
- upper-roof-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushmoor
- Constituency
- Aldershot MP: Alex Baker (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 2010
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Captain Charles Claudius De La Poer Beresford, Royal Engineers, Farnborough Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 858 516
- Coordinates
- 51.2576, -0.77069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial is a stone drinking fountain erected in the 1930s to commemorate Captain Charles Claudius de la Poer Beresford, Royal Engineers. It consists of a four-stage stone monument: an arched pedestal on a block base supports an inscribed stone dedication, topped by an arch and pediment. The inscription reads: 'Near this spot on the 30th May 1910 Capt Charles Claudius de la Poer Beresford Royal Engineers was killed in a brave attempt to stop a runaway horse'.
Captain Charles Claudius de la Poer Beresford (1879-1910) served in the Royal Engineers, receiving the Queen South Africa Medal in 1899-1902 and rising to the rank of Captain in 1908. He died on 30th May 1910 while attempting to stop a runaway horse on what is now the A325, near the former Officers Stables at Albuhera Barracks. The memorial was erected shortly after 1934.
The memorial is notable for its historical interest in commemorating a heroic act at a time when horses were still important in the military. It is also of design interest as a robustly designed piece of street furniture.
Local climate
Memorial to Captain Charles Claudius De La Poer Beresford, Royal Engineers receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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