War Memorial in St Michael's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

War Memorial in St Michael's Churchyard

WRENN ID
seventh-outpost-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Poole MP: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in St Michael's Churchyard, Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Dorset
OS grid reference
SY 993 911
Coordinates
50.72021, -2.01032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial in St Michael's Churchyard was erected in 1919 by Messrs J W Mansell of Bournemouth. It is made from Cornish granite and features a simple Celtic or runic cross with a tapering shaft. This cross is set upon a tapered plinth, which stands on a rectangular base with raised sides.

On the west face, the memorial has an inscription that reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919, / AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HEREON, THIS CROSS / IS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW-PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS'. This side also lists the names of thirty-four men who lost their lives.

Additionally, the north and south faces of the memorial bear the names of forty-six men who died during the Second World War.

Local climate

War Memorial in St Michael's Churchyard receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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