Windlesham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Surrey Heath local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 2017. War memorial.
Windlesham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- idle-tower-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Surrey Heath
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath MP: Dr Al Pinkerton (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Windlesham War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Church Road, GU20 6BL
- OS grid reference
- SU 930 637
- Coordinates
- 51.36522, -0.66518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Windlesham War Memorial is a granite cross located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist on Church Road in Windlesham, Surrey. The memorial features a wheel-head cross set on a three-stepped plinth, which is placed on a square base. The inscriptions are made with lead lettering.
The main dedication is on the west (front) face of the top step of the plinth, stating: "TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the lower steps.
On the south face of the top step, there is an additional inscription for the Second World War, which reads: "ALSO THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAME)," with the names from this conflict continuing on the lower steps of that face.
The north face of the top step has a later addition that honors those who died in conflicts after 1945, stating: "ALSO THOSE/ WHO DIED SERVING/ THEIR COUNTRY/ IN CONFLICTS AFTER 1945." The step below this inscription lists "AFGHANISTAN 2001 – 2014/ (NAME)."
Local climate
Windlesham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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