Chobham War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details MATERIALS: Forest of Dean stone. DESCRIPTION: Chobham War Memorial is situated on the corner of the High Street and Cannon Crescent, alongside the Chobham Cannon and surrounded by a number of Grade II-listed buildings. It consists of a stone cross, octagonal in section. The cross-head rises from a tapering octagonal shaft on a chamfered square plinth, which stands on a four-stepped, octagonal, base. The front face of the plinth has an inscription to the First World War which reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE PRECIOUS MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM AMONGST US/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF/ 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED/ ON A TABLET IN THE CHURCH. Below this on the top step of the base is a later dedication to the fallen of the Second World War: ALSO OF THOSE WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945. 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, 15 March 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.