Cheriton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 2016. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Cheriton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-chancel-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Limestone.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial is located in the centre of the village of Cheriton on the village green. It comprises a hooded wheel-head cross set on a square tapering shaft. The whole is set upon a plinth which carries a raised tablet which is inscribed: 1914-1919 / FOR ENGLAND / (NAMES) / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
Two of the other sides have the dates 1914 and 1919 in raised carving and another carries two engraved stones which read: O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE-FLAME; / TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED. / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED. / SPLENDID YOU PASSED, THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE, / INTO THE LIGHT THAT NEVERMORE SHALL FADE. / DEEP YOUR CONTENTMENT IN THAT BLEST ABODE. / WHO WAIT THE LAST CLEAR TRUMPET-CALL OF GOD.
The words of the inscription are from the hymn ‘O Valiant Hearts’ which remembers the fallen of the First World War.
Beneath this is a second plaque which reads: 1939-1945 / FOR ENGLAND / (NAMES) / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
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