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Latitude: 51.299 / 51°17'56"N
Longitude: -0.4645 / 0°27'52"W
OS Eastings: 507147
OS Northings: 156656
OS Grid: TQ071566
Mapcode National: GBR 2G.TVZ
Mapcode Global: VHFV9.WMS2
Plus Code: 9C3X7GXP+H5
Entry Name: Ockham War Memorial
Listing Date: 20 September 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1437885
ID on this website: 101437885
Location: Ockham, Guildford, Surrey, GU23
County: Surrey
District: Guildford
Civil Parish: Ockham
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Ockham with Hatchford and Downside
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial, c 1922, designed by Sidney Gambier-Parry, with further names added after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross set on a tapering shaft surmounting an octagonal plinth. This is set upon a two-stepped base.
The inscriptions are carved into recessed panels on the plinth. The west face reads: REMEMBER ALWAYS / THE MEN OF OCKHAM / WHOSE NAMES / ARE WRITTEN HERE / FOR THEY LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / (NAMES).
The east face reads: PLACED HERE / BY THE INHABITANTS / IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE DEPARTED / AND IN THANKFULNESS FOR / THE RETURN OF MANY OTHERS / WHO WENT FROM THIS VILLAGE / 1939-45 / (NAMES).
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, 5 December 2016.
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 Ockham 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 was designed by Sidney Gambier-Parry, architect of several churches and church interiors. He was a resident of Ockham at the time and served as a parish warden. The memorial was erected in c 1922 and it commemorates 17 fallen local men.
Following the Second World War, five names of those who lost their lives in that war were also added.
Ockham War Memorial, c 1922, designed by Sidney Gambier-Parry, 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 community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a well-executed elegant memorial cross in Portland stone.
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