New Malden (URC) War Memorial
Grounds of the New Malden United Reformed Church, Malden Road, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 6DN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444309
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- New Malden (URC) War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Grounds of the New Malden United Reformed Church, Malden Road, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 6DN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444309
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- New Malden (URC) War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Grounds of the New Malden United Reformed Church, Malden Road, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 6DN
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.
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:
- Grounds of the New Malden United Reformed Church, Malden Road, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 6DN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Kingston upon Thames (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2147167978
Summary
First World War memorial in the form of a tall stone cross on a plinth, with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
New Malden (URC) 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;
* Design: as an attractive and imposing stone cross war memorial.
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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also 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 the Congregational Church in New Malden, which became the United Reformed Church (URC) in 1972, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
Details
The war memorial is located in the grounds of the New Malden United Reformed Church on Malden Road. The angular-style cross, circled by a laurel wreath, rises from a slightly tapering shaft set on a plinth, square on plan, which stands on a single-stepped base.
The front face of the cross bears the inscription FOR / EVERMORE THEIR SOUL / LIVETH. The faces of the plinth bear the inscriptions. To the front 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES). To the right ALL YOU HAD / HOPED FOR, / ALL YOU HAD YOU / GAVE / TO SAVE MANKIND, / YOURSELVES YOU / SCORNED TO SAVE. To the rear ERECTED BY THE / CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH / IN GRATEFUL / RECOGNITION OF THE / DEVOTION AND SACRIFICE / OF ITS SONS / WHOSE NAMES ARE / RECORDED HEREON / 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945. To the left THESE WERE HIS / SERVANTS / IN HIS STEPS THEY / TROD / FOLLOWING THROUGH / DEATH / THE MARTYR'D / SON OF GOD. These lines are taken from the hymn 'O Valiant Hearts'.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 March 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/52419
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/73003
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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