Worthing War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Worthing local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 2017. War memorial.
Worthing War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- far-brass-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worthing
- Constituency
- Worthing West MP: Dr Beccy Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Worthing War Memorial, Chapel Road, BN11 9SA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 148 029
- Coordinates
- 50.81506, -0.3717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Worthing War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1921, with additional dates and names from later conflicts added. It is made of stone and bronze.
The memorial features a tall square plinth set on a stepped base. Atop the plinth is a bronze sculpture of a soldier, who holds a rifle in his left hand and raises his helmet in his right hand. Each side of the plinth is adorned with a bronze wreath.
Facing north-east, the base of the memorial bears the inscriptions: "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-1918 / DUTY NOBLY DONE," and below this, "ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1939-45." On the rear of the memorial, it states: "THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / RAISED THROUGH THE WORTHING GAZETTE / IT WAS UNVEILED BY / FIELD-MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON BART GCB / ON 11th APRIL 1921."
The faces of the plinth and base are inscribed with the names of 660 individuals from the First World War and 404 from the Second World War. The memorial is enclosed by a chain linked to low stone bollards at each corner of the base, and it is located outside the Grade II-listed Worthing Town Hall, which was built between 1933 and 1934.
Local climate
Worthing War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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