Hazlemere War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 2016. War memorial.
Hazlemere War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-flint-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hazlemere War Memorial, Amersham Road, HP15 7PZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 888 952
- Coordinates
- 51.64945, -0.71704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hazlemere War Memorial is located outside Holy Trinity Church, on the south side of Amersham Road. It is loosely based on Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice and features a plain Latin cross made of Portland stone, standing approximately 4 meters high. The cross has an octagonal shape, and its arms are topped with pyramidal bosses. The moulded foot of the cross shaft rests on an octagonal pedestal, which is set on a four-stepped base.
All inscriptions on the memorial are incised and painted black. The main dedication is found on the front face of the steps, stating: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ SACRED/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF HAZLEMERE & DISTRICT/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR."
The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on three faces of the pedestal, listed alphabetically by surname, preceded by first names or initials. Two other faces display the inscription "AND IN THE WAR/ OF 1939-1945," along with the names of those who fell in the Second World War, also listed by surname with first names or initials. An additional inscription reads "IN MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN/ SINCE 1945," with the name of a fallen soldier from Afghanistan in 2006 on the south-west face.
Local climate
Hazlemere War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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