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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: rough-hewn granite cross on a York stone base.
DESCRIPTION: Windlesham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist on Church Road in Windlesham, Surrey.
It consists of a wheel-head cross on a three-stepped plinth. The whole is set upon a square base. The inscription is formed in lead lettering. The main dedication is located on the W (front) face of the top step of the plinth and reads 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 other steps below carry the names of the fallen.
The S face of the top step of the plinth reads ALSO THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAME). The Second World War names continue on the lower steps of that face.
The N face of the top step later had the following dedication added for subsequent conflicts ALSO THOSE/ WHO DIED SERVING/ THEIR COUNTRY/ IN CONFLICTS AFTER 1945. The step below this reads AFGHANISTAN 2001 – 2014/ (NAME).
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