War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 2010. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- solitary-granite-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 2010
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Bolter End Lane, Piddington and Wheeler End
- OS grid reference
- SU 802 930
- Coordinates
- 51.63032, -0.84162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial at Wheeler End, erected in 1922, consists of a wooden cross with a tapering shaft set atop a tall, slender column. It is enclosed by a wooden picket fence, both of which are painted white. The names of those who died, including ten from World War I and three from World War II, are hand painted on the memorial.
This memorial was donated by Mr. Benjamin Plumridge of The Bungalow in April 1922 and was officially unveiled on Easter Tuesday of the same year, as reported in the South Bucks Free Press on April 21, 1922. The site was chosen because it is located next to the open common where the fallen had played.
The war memorial is designated at Grade II as it serves as a poignant reminder of the impact of world events on this small village and reflects the sacrifices made by the local community during both world wars.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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