St John's War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Woking local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 2015. War memorial.
St John's War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pavement-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Woking
- Constituency
- Woking MP: Mr Will Forster (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St John's War Memorial, St John's Lower Churchyard, Church Road, Surrey
- OS grid reference
- SU 981 578
- Coordinates
- 51.31129, -0.5932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St John's War Memorial is located on a slightly elevated mound within the churchyard of St John the Baptist Church. The memorial stands approximately 7 meters high and features a Celtic-style wheel cross made of Portland stone, set on a four-sided shaft that transitions to a circular shape at its base. The east face of the shaft is adorned with Celtic tracery and a relief of the Sword of Sacrifice, while the lower circular section bears a Celtic-style inscription that reads: DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.
The shaft is mounted on a two-stage square plinth, which in turn rests on a four-stepped octagonal base. The inscription on the east face of the upper plinth states: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/1914-1918. The lower plinth features the inscription: GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. The remaining three faces of the plinth list the names of 106 men from the parish of St John’s who lost their lives during the war.
Local climate
St John's 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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