West Moors War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 2018. War memorial.
West Moors War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-lead-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Moors War Memorial, Station Road (B3072), Junction with Pennington Road, Ferndown, BH22 0JB
- OS grid reference
- SU 079 026
- Coordinates
- 50.82372, -1.88805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Moors War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. It was relocated to its current position in 1971.
Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial is situated on the village green at the center of West Moors. It features a plain wheel-headed cross that rises from a tapering square plinth, which is set on a two-stepped base.
The front face of the memorial bears the inscription: "WEST MOORS/ UNVEILED SEPTEMBER 26 1920/ REMOVED TO THIS SITE JUNE 1971." The side of the plinth states: "THESE/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR HUMANITY IN THE/ GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE." The other two faces of the plinth list the names of the fallen, with the first face preceded by "IN HONOURED MEMORY," and the second by "1939 - 1945."
Local climate
West Moors War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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