Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Test Valley
- Town
- Wherwell
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920/1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21566
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Current location
High Street/Church St
Wherwell
Test Valley
Hampshire
SP11 7JG
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 39044 41026
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BASE SURMOUNTED BY TRIANGULAR OBELISK AND SMALL CROSS
- Inscription
- SIDE ONE AND TWO: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF WHERWELL WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) SIDE THREE: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF WHERWELL WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1939 - 45 / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH Side 4: in grateful remembrance of the men of Wherwell/who gave their lives in the Great Wars/faithful unto death/names/1939/1945/names
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Adams, C F
Aitken, S
Alexander, A E
Annell, F W
Baker, Albert
Batchelor, C
Bishop, R
Blackall, F
Blackall, H T
Blackall, I
See details for all 102 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 99
Served and returned: 73
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: rank,surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height C 4100MM, width C 900MM
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- WHERWELL
- WMO ID: 102510
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 09-03-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1997: AT TIME OF RECORDING THE BASE OF ONE SIDE OF THE MEMORIAL WAS DAMAGED AFTER A CAR LEFT THE ROAD AND HIT IT
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PARISH
- Reference
- www.hampshirewarmemorials.com
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