Brockham War Memorial

Christ Church, Brockham Green, Brockham, Surrey, RH3 7JR

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Overview

A First World War memorial of circa 1920 (the exact date of unveiling is not known). Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1445157
Date first listed:: 06-Apr-2017
List Entry Name:: Brockham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Christ Church, Brockham Green, Brockham, Surrey, RH3 7JR

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1445157
Date first listed:: 06-Apr-2017
List Entry Name:: Brockham War Memorial
Location Description:: Within the churchyard at Christ Church
Statutory Address 1:: Christ Church, Brockham Green, Brockham, Surrey, RH3 7JR

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:: Christ Church, Brockham Green, Brockham, Surrey, RH3 7JR

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

County:: Surrey
District:: Mole Valley (District Authority)
Parish:: Brockham
National Grid Reference:: TQ1976649432

Summary

A First World War memorial of circa 1920 (the exact date of unveiling is not known).

Reasons for Designation

Brockham War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community and the sacrifices made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: as a handsome stone memorial in the form of a tapering octagonal column on five steps within a railed enclosure which bears the names of the casualties of the two World Wars; * Group value: situated in a prominent position within the churchyard of Christ Church Brockham, which is listed, and adjoining the village green, and there are another 10 listed buildings nearby.

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 a result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and the official policy of not repatriating the dead. Therefore, the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Brockham, 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 date of unveiling and the designer of this First World War Memorial are not known. A further panel commemorating the fallen of the Second World War was subsequently added.

The structure was toppled by wind in 2004 but restored at a cost of £10,000 by November 2009.

Details

A First World War memorial, of circa 1920 (the exact date is not known).

DESCRIPTION: an octagonal stone column on an octagonal plinth, mounted on five octagonal stone steps within a low railed enclosure with wooden posts. The tapering column has a moulded base and projecting top with moulded shields surmounted by a Latin cross fleury. The plinth has recessed panels with inscriptions in black lettering.

Side 1 is inscribed: YE WHO PASS BY/ REMEMBER/ THE GALLANT DEAD/ MEN OF THIS/ VILLAGE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN /THE GREAT WAR /1914-1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

Sides 2-8 include six inscribed panels with the names of the 33 men who died during the First World War arranged alphabetically by the years of their death and the remaining inscribed panel records the 13 men who died during the Second World War.

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, 6 June 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/184169
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2063

Legal

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