Pyrford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Woking local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 2016. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Pyrford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-stronghold-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Woking
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial stands in a prominent location beside the Church of St Nicholas on the main road through Pyrford village.
The memorial comprises a plain Cornish granite cross surmounting an octagonal tapered column set upon an octagonal plinth. This is set upon a three-stepped base.
Inscriptions and names are carved on the north faces of the plinth. The inscription reads: 1914-1918/ OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD. Twenty-four names of those who lost their lives in the First World War are inscribed on two faces in black raised lettering. Further names are recorded on two of the west faces. The inscription reads 1939-1945 and underneath are 22 names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War. The other faces are blank.
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.
Detailed Attributes
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