Ockham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Ockham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- distant-corbel-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Ockham War Memorial, Junction of Ockham Lane and Ockham Road North, Surrey
- OS grid reference
- TQ 071 566
- Coordinates
- 51.29895, -0.4645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ockham War Memorial is made of Portland stone and features a Celtic-style wheel-head cross on a tapering shaft, which stands atop an octagonal plinth. This is placed on a two-stepped base.
The plinth has inscriptions carved into recessed panels. On the west face, it reads: "REMEMBER ALWAYS / THE MEN OF OCKHAM / WHOSE NAMES / ARE WRITTEN HERE / FOR THEY LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / (NAMES)."
The east face states: "PLACED HERE / BY THE INHABITANTS / IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE DEPARTED / AND IN THANKFULNESS FOR / THE RETURN OF MANY OTHERS / WHO WENT FROM THIS VILLAGE / 1939-45 / (NAMES)."
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