Lightwater War Memorial

Junction of All Saints Road and Guildford Road, Lightwater, Surrey Heath, Surrey, GU18 5SB

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First World War memorial 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:: 1441517
Date first listed:: 13-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Lightwater War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of All Saints Road and Guildford Road, Lightwater, Surrey Heath, Surrey, GU18 5SB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441517
Date first listed:: 13-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Lightwater War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of All Saints Road and Guildford Road, Lightwater, Surrey Heath, Surrey, GU18 5SB

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:: Junction of All Saints Road and Guildford Road, Lightwater, Surrey Heath, Surrey, GU18 5SB

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

County:: Surrey
District:: Surrey Heath (District Authority)
Parish:: Windlesham
National Grid Reference:: SU9306262244

Summary

First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Lightwater War Memorial 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 local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: an elegant Cornish granite wheel-head cross with carved decorative details.

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 Lightwater 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 land was donated by Eliza Emily Hunter of Ealing and William Hoptroff of Heatherleigh, Lightwater in February 1920. The memorial commemorates 26 local servicemen who fell during the First World War. Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the 22 fallen of that conflict.

The landscaping around the memorial was changed around 1934 and again in 1961. In 2015 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Details

MATERIALS: rough-hewn Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: Lightwater War Memorial is located on a green at the junction of All Saints Road and Guildford Road in Lightwater, Surrey.

It is in the form of a wheel-head cross on a square tapering shaft with a Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief. It stands on a tapered square pedestal with a smooth polished panel which carries the lead inscriptions. The whole sits on a single-stepped square base.

The First World War dedication reads IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF LIGHTWATER/ WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES).

On the opposite face is SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 Nov 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/163185
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 Nov 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23799
War Memorials Trust, accessed 9 Nov 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1322

Legal

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