Ewshot War Memorial

St. Marys Churchyard, Church Lane, Ewshot, GU10 5BD

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1463545
Date first listed:: 18-Apr-2019
List Entry Name:: Ewshot War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St. Marys Churchyard, Church Lane, Ewshot, GU10 5BD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1463545
Date first listed:: 18-Apr-2019
List Entry Name:: Ewshot War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St. Marys Churchyard, Church Lane, Ewshot, GU10 5BD

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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Location

Statutory Address:: St. Marys Churchyard, Church Lane, Ewshot, GU10 5BD

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

County:: Hampshire
District:: Hart (District Authority)
Parish:: Ewshot
National Grid Reference:: SU8161149815

Summary

First World War memorial cross.

Reasons for Designation

The Ewshot War Memorial, positioned adjacent to the Church of St Mary, 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 sacrifices it made in the First World War;

Architectural interest:

* as a well-composed granite wheel-cross memorial with original inscriptions.

History

The concept of commemorating war dead did not develop to any great extent until towards the end of the C19. Prior to then memorials were rare and were mainly dedicated to individual officers, or sometimes regiments. The first large-scale erection of war memorials dedicated to the ordinary soldier followed the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, which was the first major war following reforms to the British Army which led to regiments being recruited from local communities and with volunteer soldiers. However, it was the aftermath of the First World War that was the great age of memorial building, 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.

The Ewshot memorial cross is one such First World War memorial which records the names of 18 of the fallen from the conflict. The monument is situated within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, which was built in 1873 to the designs of John Oldrid Scott (1841-1913). It is unknown when the memorial at Ewshot was erected, but it does appear on the Hampshire Ordnance Survey (OS) map of 1932 (1:1,250). Unlike most First World War memorials, it has not been updated to include the names of the fallen from the Second World War (the names of those who fell in this conflict being recorded on a separate memorial plaque within the Church of St Mary).

Details

First World War memorial cross, situated within churchyard of St Mary in Ewshot.

MATERIALS: granite.

DESCRIPTION: rough-hewn wheel cross with a sword of sacrifice relief on the front face set on a square plinth and base. The plinth bears an inscription, which reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND N.C.Os. AND MEN / OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR. / 1914–1918." The names of the fallen are recorded on the other faces of the plinth.

Sources

Websites
IWM: Ewshot WWI Cross, accessed 8 March 2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21317
War Memorials Online: Ewshot WWI Cross, accessed 8 March 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/261512/

Legal

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