Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Chichester
- Town
- West Wittering
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
- Ceremony
- Foundation Stone
Date: 1921
Attended by: Unknown
- Foundation Stone
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16704
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Current location
At junction with Rookwood Road
West Wittering Memorial Hall
Elms Lane
West Wittering
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 8LT
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 78102 98538
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- MEMORIAL HALL. TILED ROOF.
- Inscription
- (On noticeboard outside Hall): WEST WITTERING MEMORIAL HALL (On plaque added much later) "LEST WE FORGET" / IN MEMORIAM / THIS HALL WAS BUILT IN THE YEAR 1921 TO COMMEMORATE THE END OF THE GREAT WAR / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR US / (Name) 1914 (Name) / 1915 / (Name) / (Name) 1916 (Name) / 1917 / (Names) / (Name ) 1918 (Name) / (Names) / (Name) 1919 (Name) / (Name) 1939-1945 (Name) / 1964 (ADEN)/ (Name)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cate, Francis John
Chandler, James William
Chappell, Edwin Francis
Combes, Harry
Davies, Malcolm R
Fryer, Harry Charles
Gill, Kenneth Carlyle
Haines, Frederick G
Handley, Tom
Keller, Francis Frederick
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Full name
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Full name
Order of information: In order of death - Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: First name, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- West Wittering Memorial Hall
- WMO ID: 227557
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-03-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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