The King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial, Winchester is a Grade II* listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
The King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial, Winchester
- WRENN ID
- distant-render-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- The King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial, Winchester, Winchester Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Hampshire, SO23 9LS
- OS grid reference
- SU 481 293
- Coordinates
- 51.06126, -1.31447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial in Winchester is a war memorial erected in 1922, designed by the sculptor John Tweed. An inscription was added after the Second World War.
The memorial is located about 25 meters to the north-west of the west front of Winchester Cathedral, within the Cathedral Yard. It features a bronze statue of a rifleman from the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in full service dress, including boots, puttee, uniform, knapsack, ammunition pouches, and helmet. The rifleman holds a Lee-Enfield rifle in his right hand, pointing upwards with the barrel while the butt rests on the ground. He stands with his left leg forward, his left fist clenched, and his head facing forward, as if surveying the terrain ahead.
On the front (south) side of the pedestal is a simplified version of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps badge from 1883 to 1906, which is a Maltese Cross. The top arm of the cross features a tablet inscribed with the word "PENINSULA," surmounted by a King’s crown. The center of the cross contains a circle inscribed with "THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS," within which is a stringed bugle and the figure '60'. Below the bottom arm of the cross is a tablet inscribed with "CELER ET AUDAX" (Swift and Bold). Beneath the badge is the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS / WARRANT OFFICERS / NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND RIFLEMEN / OF / THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / AND / 1939 – 1945."
Local climate
The King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial, Winchester receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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