Woolhampton War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Woolhampton Hill, Woolhampton, Berkshire, RG7 5TB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437329
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jan-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Woolhampton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Woolhampton Hill, Woolhampton, Berkshire, RG7 5TB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437329
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jan-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Woolhampton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Woolhampton Hill, Woolhampton, Berkshire, RG7 5TB
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Woolhampton Hill, Woolhampton, Berkshire, RG7 5TB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Woolhampton
- National Grid Reference:
- SU5770867677
Summary
First World War memorial, designed by E T May, FRIBA, unveiled on 13 March 1921.
Reasons for Designation
Woolhampton War Memorial, unveiled on 13 March 1921, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet striking memorial cross;
* Group value: with the Church of St Peter (Grade II).
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Woolhampton as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Woolhampton War Memorial was designed by E T May, FRIBA. It was unveiled 13 March 1921 by Brigadier-General E J Phipps Hornby who was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in South Africa, and who served as a Gunner-General throughout the Great War. The rector of the parish, the Rev H F Freeman, dedicated the memorial which commemorates the 15 local servicemen who died in the First World War.
Following the Second World War, four names of those who lost their lives in that war were also added.
In 2012 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from the War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: Doulting stone.
DESCRIPTION: Woolhampton War Memorial is located in St Peter’s churchyard. It consists of a Latin cross surmounting an octagonal shaft rising from a square plinth.
On three sides of the memorial the lettering is inscribed onto the face of the plinth, and on one side the lettering is in relief with a figure of a soldier and a sailor with arms reversed standing either side of the inscription, which reads: IN HONOUR / OF THE MEN / OF / WOOLHAMPTON / WHO DIED IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / AND THE / 1939 – 1945 WAR / (NAMES). Further names are inscribed on the other two faces and on the rear face of the plinth is a further inscription which reads: “THEY PASSED OUT / OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH / OF DUTY AND SELF / SACRIFICE” / 1939 – 1945 WAR / (NAMES).
The plinth is set upon a square two-stepped base.
Sources
Websites
West Berkshire War Memorials, accessed 5 July 2016 from http://westberkshirewarmemorials.org.uk/memorial.php?link=WB373
War Memorials Trust, accessed 9 June 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=976
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 June 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/145399
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 June 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18735
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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