Farnham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 2020. War memorial.
Farnham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- peeling-stone-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial. Designed by the architect, W C Watson and dedicated in 1921. A Second World War dedication was subsequently added.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DETAILS: the memorial consists of a three-stepped base surmounted by two hexagonal plinths. The upper plinth is surmounted by a tall tapering shaft with a tracery cross patonce.
The front face of the upper plinth has an inset stone plaque bearing carvings in relief of the Pelican-in-her-Piety and the Farnham coat of arms with the inscription ‘IN GRATEFUL MEM-/ ORY OF THE MEN/ OF FARNHAM WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR/ COUNTRY/ WHAT I/ GAVE I HAVE’. This is flanked by the dates ‘1914’ and ‘1918’ with the dates ‘1939-1945’ below. The plaques on the other faces, one of which is a replacement dating from 2017, bear the names of the First World War fallen. An inscription on the plaque on the lower plinth's front face reads ‘AND OF/ THE MEN AND WOMEN OF/ FARNHAM WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES BY ENEMY ACTION IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR’, flanked by the dates ‘1939’ and ‘1945’ and its other faces display the names of the Second World War fallen.
Detailed Attributes
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