Tilshead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2018. War memorial.
Tilshead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-flint-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Tilshead War Memorial, The Churchyard, Church of St Thomas A Becket, High Street, SP3 4RZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 034 479
- Coordinates
- 51.23069, -1.95189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tilshead War Memorial is located in the southern corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas a Becket, which is a Grade I building, and is near several Grade II-listed structures and churchyard monuments.
This tall stone memorial features a Maltese cross on a rectangular cross shaft, with a simply moulded foot that rests on a substantial plinth and a two-stepped base. The base has tapering cornerstones. The front face of the cross is decorated with a reversed sword carved in low relief, and a wreath surrounds the hilt and guard on the cross-head. At the top of the front face of the plinth, two carved angels hold a wreath above the dedicatory inscription.
The main inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT/ WAR OF 1914 - 1918 / (12 NAMES)," listing the names along with their rank and regiment. Additionally, there is an inscription on the south face of the upper step of the base that states: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 1939 - 1945/ (1 NAME)."
Local climate
Tilshead War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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