Thames Ditton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 2015. A C20 War memorial.
Thames Ditton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- standing-sill-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 162 666
- Coordinates
- 51.38668, -0.33034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thames Ditton War Memorial, built around 1920, is located in the north-east corner of Giggs Hill Green without a formal boundary. It is made of granite and features an octagonal base mounted on three rough-hewn steps. The base has a tall, slightly battered plinth in smooth finished granite, which bears the names of 89 individuals who lost their lives.
On the northern face of the memorial, an inscription reads: "IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD AND TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE MEN & WOMEN OF THE PARISH OF THAMES DITTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WARS OF 1914.1918 – 1939.1945 DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY."
The base transitions to a central cross via a rough-hewn octagonal moulding. The shaft of the cross is approximately two meters high, also octagonal, with rough-hewn panels, and the cross member matches this design. Both the top of the shaft and the cross member feature concave mouldings. A copper wreath with a large inset sword is affixed to the northern face of the shaft.
Local climate
Thames Ditton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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