Chiddingfold War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 2017. A 20th century War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Chiddingfold War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- secret-mantel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: limestone.
DESCRIPTION: Chiddingfold War Memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed).
The memorial consists of a wheel-headed cross on top of a tall tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from a square plinth on a three-stepped base. The dedications and names are incised into the plinth and steps.
The First World War dedication is located on the front face of the plinth and reads: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. Inscribed on the other sides of the plinth are the names of those who died (45 NAMES). Below this on the top step is the following dedication for the Second World War: ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE OTHERS OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM AND OUR COUNTRY 1939 – 1945 (14 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 June 2017.
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