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
Source: Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross set on a tapering shaft surmounting an octagonal plinth. This is set upon a two-stepped base.

The inscriptions are carved into recessed panels on the plinth. The west face 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 reads: 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).

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 December 2016.

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