Shamley Green War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 2017. War memorial.
Shamley Green War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ragged-granite-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shamley Green War Memorial, Christ Church Churchyard, Church Hill, Surrey, Gu5, Wonersh
- OS grid reference
- TQ 033 434
- Coordinates
- 51.18056, -0.52296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shamley Green War Memorial is located in the churchyard of Christ Church, which is also listed as Grade II, next to the main path leading to the church.
The memorial is designed as a stone Greek cross with cusping on the cross arms, set atop an octagonal shaft that features a moulded collar and a splayed base. This shaft rises from a four-sided plinth with a chamfered top, which sits on a three-stepped octagonal base.
The main inscription is on the east face of the plinth and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-1919." Below this, on the uppermost step, is the dedication for the Second World War: "AND IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945."
On the west face of the plinth, the inscription states: "THE NUMBER WHO JOINED UP/ FOR THE WAR FROM THIS VILLAGE/ WAS 144," which continues on the step below with "AND IN 1939-1945/ 135."
The names of those who died in the First World War are incised on the remaining faces of the plinth, while the names for the Second World War are added to various sides of the top two steps of the base, along with the dates 1939-1945. All lettering is incised and painted black.
Local climate
Shamley Green War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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