Walton War Memorial
Walton War Memorial, Village Green, Walton Road, Walton, Warwickshire, CV35 9HX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1456018
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Walton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Walton War Memorial, Village Green, Walton Road, Walton, Warwickshire, CV35 9HX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1456018
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Walton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Walton War Memorial, Village Green, Walton Road, Walton, Warwickshire, CV35 9HX
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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:
- Walton War Memorial, Village Green, Walton Road, Walton, Warwickshire, CV35 9HX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wellesbourne and Walton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP2854853233
Summary
A First World War memorial, built in 1920; with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Walton 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 the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* for its design, a well-executed stone 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 Walton, 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 in Walton was constructed in 1920. It was dedicated and unveiled by Lady Mordaunt in a ceremony on 14 March 1920; the vicar said prayers, and ex-Private Hobday sounded the Last Post.
Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate one serviceman who died in that conflict. In 2016, the memorial was conserved with grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
The memorial consists of a stone wheel-headed cross which rises from a chamfered plinth on a two-stepped square platform. The black painted, raised stone inscriptions, which are on the north and east faces of the plinth, are in recessed panels. The inscription on the north face reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-1918; ESPECIALLY/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH./ (7 NAMES). The east face bears the inscription AND IN THE WAR/ 1939-45./ (1 NAME).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online Database, Walton WMO73495, accessed 27 March 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/73495/
Account of the War Memorial’s unveiling, at U3A Dene Valley website, accessed 27 March 2018 from http://www.denevalleyu3a.btik.com/TheGreatWarintheVillages/Walton
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register: Walton WWI and WW2, accessed 27 March 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/51902
War Memorials Register, War Memorials Trust, accessed 27 March 2018 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1332
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
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