Shamley Green War Memorial

Christ Church Churchyard, Church Hill, Shamley Green, Surrey, GU5

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First World War memorial with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1448366
Date first listed:: 26-Jul-2017
List Entry Name:: Shamley Green War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Christ Church Churchyard, Church Hill, Shamley Green, Surrey, GU5

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1448366
Date first listed:: 26-Jul-2017
List Entry Name:: Shamley Green War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Christ Church Churchyard, Church Hill, Shamley Green, Surrey, GU5

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:: Christ Church Churchyard, Church Hill, Shamley Green, Surrey, GU5

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

County:: Surrey
District:: Waverley (District Authority)
Parish:: Wonersh
National Grid Reference:: TQ0333643407

Summary

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Shamley Green War Memorial, which is situated in Christ Church churchyard, 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: * A simple yet dignified Greek cross memorial;

Group value: * For its relationship with the Grade II-listed Christ Church.

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 Shamley Green as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 15 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

The 11 names of those of the community who lost their lives during the Second World War were added later.

Details

Shamley Green War Memorial is situated within the churchyard of Christ Church (Grade II-listed), adjacent to the main path to the church.

The memorial takes the form of a stone, Greek cross, with cusping to the cross arms. This crowns an octagonal shaft with a moulded collar and splayed base. The shaft rises from a four-sided plinth with chamfered top surmounting a three-stepped octagonal base.

The principal inscription is to the east face of the plinth and reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-1919. Directly below, to the uppermost step is the Second World War dedication: AND IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945.

To the west face of the plinth is the inscription: THE NUMBER WHO JOINED UP/ FOR THE WAR FROM THIS VILLAGE/ WAS 144. This is continued on the step below with AND IN 1939-1945/ 135.

The names of those who died in the First World War are incised on the remaining faces of the plinth, while those for the Second World War were added to various sides of the top two steps of the base, along with the dates 1939-1945.

All lettering is incised and painted black.

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, 1 September 2017.

Sources

Websites
‘Shamley Green’, They Gave Their Today, accessed 19 June 2017 from http://www.theygavetheirtoday.com/shamley-green.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/252637
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23677

Legal

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