Old Woking War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Woking local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Old Woking War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- wild-pilaster-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Woking
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter in Old Woking village. The memorial comprises a Cornish granite wheel cross decorated with Celtic-style tracery including rosette motifs. It is set upon a tapered column on a rectangular plinth. This is set upon a three-stepped base.
An inscription is carved on the east face of the plinth which reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND LOVING/ MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919.
THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON/ A TABLET IN THE CHURCH PORCH.
Underneath on the base is inscribed: 1939-1945.
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, 6 December 2016.
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