Winterbourne War Memorial

St Michael and All Angels' Churchyard, Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 6HA

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First World War memorial, unveiled 2 February 1921, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451945
Date first listed:: 30-Jan-2018
List Entry Name:: Winterbourne War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Michael and All Angels' Churchyard, Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 6HA

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451945
Date first listed:: 30-Jan-2018
List Entry Name:: Winterbourne War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Michael and All Angels' Churchyard, Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 6HA

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:: St Michael and All Angels' Churchyard, Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 6HA

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Winterbourne
National Grid Reference:: SU1745234488

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled 2 February 1921, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Winterbourne War Memorial, which is situated in St Michael and All Angels’ 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 the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* a well-executed cross pattée memorial.

Group value:

* with the Grade II-listed Church of St Michael and All Angels.

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 Winterbourne Earls as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 21 members of the local communities of Winterbourne Earls, Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Gunner who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial was unveiled on 2 February 1921.

The names of the six local servicemen who died in the Second World War were recorded on a stone tablet, which was placed against the base of the memorial following that conflict.

Details

First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Winterbourne War Memorial is located in the south-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade II-listed).

It takes the form of a granite cross pattée above a moulded collar on a tall, tapering shaft with chamfered edges and stops. This rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth on an octagonal base.

The main inscription and names are incised on the western face of the plinth, which reads, FROM THE 3 WINTERBOURNES/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The names of 21 servicemen who died are recorded above the inscription.

A wedge-shaped stone tablet has been placed against the base of the memorial on its western side and bears an inscription in leaded lettering, which reads 1939 – 1945/ (6 NAMES).

Sources

Websites
‘Winterbourne Earls’, Bourne Valley History, accessed 26 October 2017 from http://www.bournevalleyhistory.co.uk/m-wearls.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/140206
War Memorials Register, accessed 26 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/70141

Legal

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