Compton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. A Modern War memorial.
Compton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- errant-spandrel-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Compton War Memorial, The Street, Surrey
- OS grid reference
- SU 954 470
- Coordinates
- 51.21464, -0.63417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Compton War Memorial is located prominently on The Street in Compton, enclosed within a stone-walled semi-circular area that features a red brick coping. It is made of grey Yorkstone and consists of a squared shaft that tapers towards the top, where it is topped by a terracotta lantern designed in the Arts and Crafts style. The shaft includes carved details in the same style and flares out at the base. On the two sides facing the road, the south and east sides, the names of 15 men who lost their lives in the war are inscribed, while the other two sides are plain.
The inscription on the plinth's south face reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF COMPTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." The east face bears the inscription: "THROUGH THE AGES ONE CLEAR FLAME OF SACRIFICE HAS BURNED AND BY ITS LIGHT MEN SEE GOD," which likely relates to the design of the lantern. The plinth is set on a one-stepped base of grey Yorkstone, which in turn rests on a circular paved base.
Additionally, a rectangular stone plaque was later affixed to the south face of the enclosure wall, inscribed with: "THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 1914-1918." Below this are the names of the 15 men who died in the First World War, along with the years "1939-1945," which lists the names of five men who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Local climate
Compton War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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