Ockham War Memorial

Junction of Ockham Lane and Ockham Road North, Ockham, Surrey

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First World War memorial, c 1922, designed by Sidney Gambier-Parry, with further names added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437885
Date first listed:: 20-Sep-2016
List Entry Name:: Ockham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of Ockham Lane and Ockham Road North, Ockham, Surrey

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437885
Date first listed:: 20-Sep-2016
List Entry Name:: Ockham War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Ockham Lane and Ockham Road North, Ockham, Surrey

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Junction of Ockham Lane and Ockham Road North, Ockham, Surrey

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

County:: Surrey
District:: Guildford (District Authority)
Parish:: Ockham
National Grid Reference:: TQ0714756656

Summary

First World War memorial, c 1922, designed by Sidney Gambier-Parry, with further names added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Ockham War Memorial, c 1922, designed by Sidney Gambier-Parry, 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 well-executed elegant memorial cross in Portland stone.

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 Ockham as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

The war memorial was designed by Sidney Gambier-Parry, architect of several churches and church interiors. He was a resident of Ockham at the time and served as a parish warden. The memorial was erected in c 1922 and it commemorates 17 fallen local men.

Following the Second World War, five names of those who lost their lives in that war were also added.

Details

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross set on a tapering shaft surmounting an octagonal plinth. This is set upon a two-stepped base.

The inscriptions are carved into recessed panels on the plinth. The west face reads: REMEMBER ALWAYS / THE MEN OF OCKHAM / WHOSE NAMES / ARE WRITTEN HERE / FOR THEY LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / (NAMES).

The east face reads: PLACED HERE / BY THE INHABITANTS / IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE DEPARTED / AND IN THANKFULNESS FOR / THE RETURN OF MANY OTHERS / WHO WENT FROM THIS VILLAGE / 1939-45 / (NAMES).

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, 5 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 05/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/186759
War Memorials Register, accessed 05/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23350

Legal

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