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Latitude: 51.5104 / 51°30'37"N
Longitude: -0.8904 / 0°53'25"W
OS Eastings: 477099
OS Northings: 179636
OS Grid: SU770796
Mapcode National: GBR C55.9P5
Mapcode Global: VHDWN.J94G
Plus Code: 9C3XG465+5R
Entry Name: Lower Shiplake War Memorial
Listing Date: 5 July 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1447881
ID on this website: 101447881
Location: Lower Shiplake, South Oxfordshire, RG9
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Harpsden
Built-Up Area: Lower Shiplake
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Tagged with: War memorial
Stone First World War memorial, c1923, with remembrance detail updated after the Second World War.
Stone First World War memorial, c1923, with remembrance detail updated after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite with bronze plaques.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial lies in the south-east corner of a small green formed by the intersection of the A4155 and Station Road in Lower Shiplake.
The rough-hewn stone base of the monument consists of a battered plinth which stands upon a three-stepped base. The plinth is constructed of blocks, and has four faces. The eastern and western faces have a bronze plaque, carrying the embossed names of the fallen.
The west facing plaque reads: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF SHIPLAKE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR /1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE, and the east facing plaque reads: IN REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. In total there are 53 names of the fallen.
On the top of the plinth, there is a c2m high shaft supported by a chamfered base. The shaft has inset carved panels, and is square in cross-section. The top of the shaft has a pair of volutes, and supports a stone wheel-cross with Celtic style carving. The shaft and wheel-cross are constructed of smoothed granite.
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, 24 November 2017.
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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such was raised at Lower Shiplake and was built in c1923 on land conveyed to the parish council for the erection of a war memorial. The names of the fallen are recorded on two bronze plaques. The second plaque was added after the Second World War.
Lower Shiplake War Memorial, which stands in the south-east corner of a small green formed by the intersection of the A4155 and Station Road, 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:
* An impressive rough-hewn stone monument with decorative volutes and Celtic style carving.
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