Chickerell War Memorial

Churchyard of St Mary's Church, North Square, Chickerell, Dorset, DT3 4DX

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First and Second World War memorial. Erected 1919 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428316
Date first listed:: 19-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Chickerell War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of St Mary's Church, North Square, Chickerell, Dorset, DT3 4DX

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428316
Date first listed:: 19-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Chickerell War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of St Mary's Church, North Square, Chickerell, Dorset, DT3 4DX

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of St Mary's Church, North Square, Chickerell, Dorset, DT3 4DX

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Chickerell
National Grid Reference:: SY6440780669

Summary

First and Second World War memorial. Erected 1919 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

Reasons for Designation

Chickerell war memorial, which stands in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: an elaborate and well-crafted St Chad’s Cross carved in Portland stone and set upon a moulded plinth bearing recessed shields, surmounting a stepped base; * Group value: with the Grade I listed church of St Mary.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw a huge wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was erected in the churchyard of St Mary's Church on 2nd November 1919 to commemorate 24 residents of Chickerell who died during the conflict. A further inscription was added to the memorial following the Second World War, to commemorate 18 residents who lost their lives.

Details

First and Second World War memorial. Erected 1919 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

MATERIALS: Portland stone ashlar.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, near the centre of Chickerell, and faces south. It is to the south of the Grade I listed medieval church. The memorial comprises a St Chad’s cross set on a moulded tapering shaft c1.5m high. The shaft stands on a moulded and corniced square plinth, with a shield set into a recessed panel on each side, which in turn rests on a three-tier stepped square base, together 1.2m high. On the front of the plinth is the inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AS A THANK-OFFERING FOR/ PEACE AFTER THE GREAT WAR/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ A SACRIFICE TO FREEDOM AND/ JUSTICE THE PARISHIONERS OF/ CHICKERELL ERECTED THIS/ MONUMENT NOV 2 1919, beneath, which are the words: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS. ST JOHN XV. The other sides of the plinth are inscribed with 24 names, including regiment or service branch. On the middle step of the base is the inscription: ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945/ THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE INSCRIBED, with 18 names on the lower step beneath it. The memorial is set on a concrete foundation.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
Lost Ancestors. 2013. War Memorial – Chickerell, Dorset, England., accessed 1 June 2015 from http://www.lostancestors.eu/memwar/C/Chickerell.htm
The British Newspaper Archive: The Western Gazette Newspaper, Friday 14 November 1919 , accessed 1 June 2015 from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000407/19191114/010/0004
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121413
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1096

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.