Collingwood Battalion War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 2014. War memorial.
Collingwood Battalion War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-grate-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Collingwood Battalion War Memorial, Collingwood Corner, Salisbury Road (A354), Pimperne, Blandford Forum, Tarrant Hinton
- OS grid reference
- ST 918 101
- Coordinates
- 50.89079, -2.11713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Collingwood Battalion War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1919. It is made of polished Peterhead granite and has a square plan, standing within a rectangular area of flagstones.
The memorial features a simple obelisk of polished red granite, which is approximately 2.7 meters high and sits on a plinth with a two-stepped base. It is positioned on a raised paved and brick base, with a wider paved area that is enclosed on three sides by metal railings and has a post and chain fence at the front.
On the west face of the plinth, there is a dedication in raised lead lettering that reads: "IN MEMORY OF/ THE COMMANDING OFFICER/ OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE COLLINGWOOD BATTN/ ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION/ WHO FELL IN ACTION IN GALLIPOLI,/ ON 4TH JUNE 1915, WHEN THE/ BATTN. WAS PRACTICALLY DESTROYED." Additionally, the rear (east) side of the plinth features another leaded inscription that states: "THE COLLINGWOOD BATTALION COMPLETED/ ITS TRAINING/ ON THESE DOWNS./ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ BY THE SURVIVORS."
Local climate
Collingwood Battalion War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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